Word: conservationism
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The U.S. should adopt an energy program to slash its own oil consumption and so to alleviate upward pressure on petroleum prices in world-markets, which in turn compels developing countries to chose nuclear power. Ideally such an American program should include the decontrol of oil and gas prices (accompanied...
The alternative policy is to increase the emphasis on raising the efficiency with which we use energy--in other words, place greater stress on conservation measures in addition to higher energy prices. Police would mean instituting very substantial financial incentives to encourage individuals and businesses to installing home insulation, storm...
Right now, Congress would be willing to move much faster toward emphasizing greater energy efficiency if it received stronger leadership in this area from the White House. Even though President Carter has emphasized the importance of conservation, conservation programs were sidetracked because of the massive synthetic fuel program that Carter...
To the dismay of an internationalist like myself, nationalism has proven to be the strongest force in the world--a surprise and disappointment also to Marxists. As long as this remains so, we must be prepared to defend our interests by domestic measures that will strengthen our economy through conservation...
Protons, which along with neutrons form the nuclei of atoms-and hence the bulk of the matter in the universe -have long been regarded as permanent fixtures on the subatomic scene, members of a family of heavy particles known as baryons. If they happened to collide with still other subatomic...