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...department of planning and economic development. But Keith points out: "Our potential for energy self-sufficiency may also be greater than that of any other state." In the past ten years Hawaii has channeled an astonishing $65 million into researching and developing such alternative energy sources as solar, wind and geothermal power, and making them commercially competitive with oil. A 1981 study by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy predicted that by the year 2005, the state could be producing 90% of its electricity through renewable resources that are also abundant, environmentally benign and safe from...
Researchers at Savannah River and Sandia also conduct extensive work for non-military purposes. Sandia, for example, oversees a large solar energy program, and its nuclear programs have civilian as well as defense applications, says Rod Geer, a spokesman for the labs. Du Pont uses nuclear materials at Savannah River for testing cancer therapy...
...spite of its leadership in the exploration of the solar system, however, J.P.L.'s future has seemed cloudy lately. Almost immediately after the Reagan Administration took office, it canceled a joint effort with the Europeans to survey the sun's unexplored polar regions. The U.S. also dropped out of the race to intercept Halley's comet, slated to return in early 1986, leaving direct examination of this primordial chunk of matter to the Soviets, Europeans and Japanese. It placed on hold a plan to put a remote radar-mapping satellite in orbit around Venus, and has delayed...
...carry it through the lean years, J.P.L. has been looking for new ways to employ its engineering talents, including development of fuel-efficient vehicles, solar power and improved biomedical instrumentation. But the most dramatic change has been J.P.L.'s increasing militarization. Much of the work involves secret research for the Air Force on new gadgetry like satellites that can operate without direct guidance from the ground, an enormous asset in possible space wars, when instant responses may mean life or death for a piece of orbiting hardware...
...authors say that the solution to this dangerous predicament is to wean energy users away from Middle Eastern oil. To achieve this, Global Insecurity urges a three-pronged effort: finding new reserves, developing alternative sources like solar power and syn thetic fuels, and conserving energy by using it more efficiently...