Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of charts and figures
- List of tables
- Editors' preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The political economy of energy
- Part I The transition to peace and fluid fuels, 1945–1958
- Part II Managing surplus through the politics of stasis, 1959–1968
- Part III The second energy transition: adjustment to depletion, 1969–1980
- Index
Part III - The second energy transition: adjustment to depletion, 1969–1980
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of charts and figures
- List of tables
- Editors' preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The political economy of energy
- Part I The transition to peace and fluid fuels, 1945–1958
- Part II Managing surplus through the politics of stasis, 1959–1968
- Part III The second energy transition: adjustment to depletion, 1969–1980
- Index
Summary
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation. This difficult effort will be the moral equivalent of war, except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy.
Jimmy Carter, 1977- Type
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- Energy Policy in America since 1945A Study of Business-Government Relations, pp. 191 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984