Politics of solar energy

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6676323

Dornsife, C J

Investigated are the federal government's strategy for developing solar energy technologies in response to the problems associated with the environmental-energy crises. The central hypothesis is that, if the federal government promotes and maintains the development of technology to meet the growth needs of the free-market economy then economic interests of elite groups will be served, foremost, and the environmental and consumer needs will be served secondary, at best. Using Congressional testimony as evidence of the federal strategy, the results of this research support the hypothesis under investigation.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Maryland, College Park
• OSTI ID: 6676323
• Report Number(s): CONF-820629-Vol.5-Pt.2
• Journal Information: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 5; Conference: American section of the International Solar Energy Society conference, Houston, TX, USA, 1 Jun 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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