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Generations of astronomers and amateur stargazers have known Saturn as the only one of the solar system's nine planets that is encircled by rings. Now Saturn has lost that distinction. A team of Cornell University astronomers reported last week that they have discovered rings around remote Uranus, the seventh planet from...
...curtail waste of energy and tap the nation's coal reserves so that the U.S. can stretch out oil and gas supplies until past the turn of the century, when new sources of energy, such as fusion, geothermal and solar power, will be coming on-stream in a significant way. Though it is still subject to change, here is how the Administration's new energy program now looks...
...SOLAR ENERGY...
...Inaugural parade, Jimmy Carter's reviewing stand was warmed by a specially constructed solar heating unit as a demonstration of his dedication to the cleanest and most abundant energy source available within existing technology. The energy package will provide federal funds for accelerated research leading to solar electrical generation. It will also give income tax credits up to $2,000 to homeowners who install solar heating units...
...they face a serious threat of breakup, they will not make the investments required. In return for a pledge to stop dismemberment, Carter should extract a promise that the companies will devote a large share of the profits they would reap from price decontrol to exploration and development of solar, nuclear and synthetic fuels...