Word: solar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Best known for his proposed 50-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline. Supports development of solar power...
Aside from turning the oil companies into public utilities, Commoner said that he would look into renewable solar energy as a solution to shortage problems. He said that Brazil will begin relying on alcohol as a cheaper, low-pollution energy source within four years and that the U.S. could make the conversion from oil to alcohol even faster...
...cannot win. We are not willing, moreover, to cast our lot with a man who has never demonstrated that he can lead, or with a party that probably will crumble after November. Much of what Commoner says strikes us as reasonable, even desirable. His energy program emphasizing conservation and solar power, his support for economic justice and his promise to cut defense spending are sound ideas. But a citizen's vote represents his prime opportunity to turn his ideals into reality. Barry Commoner is not part of reality. Those who seek to advance the principles of peace and progressivism would...
More than any other candidate in the race, Commoner understands the energy quandary that will determine America's course in the next two decades. A strong opponent of nuclear power, Commoner has the expertise and the data to make credible his claims that solar energy and other alternative energy sources could supply much of our power...
...star would surely have risen. Just before NASA sent off its twin Pioneers 10 and 11 to Saturn and Jupiter, he had persuaded the space agency to attach plaques identifying the ships' origins on the remote chance that they might be intercepted when they finally passed out of the solar system. The idea was a triumph over bureaucratic caution. The plaques, drawn by Linda, depicted nude male and female earthlings, and provoked worldwide comment...