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Anderson knows his issues. Concentrating on the domestic implications of the Afghanistan and Iran incidents, the ten-term Congressman consistently decries American dependence on foreign oil. "We've been literally immobilized by the fear that our oil could be shut off," Anderson--who advocates increased research on solar power--told a suburban Boston audience last week. "A lean, taut budget," one that will require states and cities to "forego for a year or two" some federally funded programs, is Anderson's remedy for an economy stretched thin by inflation...
...domestic policy follows the same conservative line, balanced by moderation. In the short term, the onetime Texas congressman supports the development of nuclear power hand in with the development of fundamental safeguards to insure against disaster. But in the long term, Bush declares, "We will have to explore solar energy." He supports ERA but opposed extension of the ratification deadline...
...Washington consultant has been hired to find a future for both Dodge Main and Hamtramck. A symposium of academics and government officials gathered there last summer to exchange ideas. Some suggested turning the plant into a bus factory. Others thought solar panels would correct the energy losses. Still others said to forget about the plant and transform Hamtramck into a free trade zone or a tourist attraction, like a Polish-theme park. "What Hamtramck does," said one participant, Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, "will be an example for the rest of the nation." Added University of Pittsburgh Historian Samuel Hays...
America should "put the money going into nuclear plants into solar energy and start becoming energy self-sufficient," Wasserman said...
...driving for Hispano-Suiza and Bugatti in the 1920s, he funneled his fortune into various innovations, including a novel suspension system he sold to General Motors. In the 1960s, after the Dubonnet company merged with Italy's Cinzano, André left to continue his tinkering, this time with solar energy. His sun never rose; in his last years he was nearly penniless...