Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is no way to reduce the crushing costs except to burn much more coal, continue with nuclear power, speed the development of synthetics and solar, move to mandatory conservation, and, of course, drill for more domestic oil. Last week, overriding objections of environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt an Interior Department auction of leases to explore for oil on the Georges Bank off Massachusetts. Environmentalists fear that a spill or blowout could harm the rich fishing waters, but the court decision was yet another sign that the U.S. will have to make difficult compromises to secure energy...
...broad liberal platform encompassing every issue. Its program is distinguished by its outspoken belief that our economic problems can only be solved if citizens rein in the power of large corporations. It offers a mix of standard liberal stands, such as support of the Equal Rights Amendment and solar energy, and positions the Democratic Party doesn't quite have the nerve to debate, such as public control of the energy industries and experiments in worker or community ownership of factories...
...producers, giving them even greater control of our energy future, while doing almost nothing to help increase energy production. Eleven oil companies already own 25 per cent of the coal industry, according to a September 1979 issue of Business Week, and are beginning to buy up the best small solar firms, jeopardizing the future of competition in the energy field...
...things Carter and Kennedy agree on is the need for extensive government subsidies and incentives for development of conservatism and solar power...
...results give nine billion years as the approximate age of the universe. Most previously accepted estimates of the universe's age ranged from 15 to 18 billion years. (The Earth and the solar system are about 4.6 billion years...