Energy policy: how failure was snatched from the jaws of success
By the end of 1980, the US had in place an energy policy with the potential for meeting the nation's energy needs and providing stable energy management over the long-term. That accomplishment came out of a torturous seven-year struggle involving extensive Presidential-Congressional interaction and broad participation by a range of public and private parties-at-interest. The very significant results of that struggle, largely ignored in our conventional wisdom about the failure of energy policymaking to date, have been substantially reversed by the radical policies of the Reagan administration. As a consequence, the nation can look forward to an unstable, conflict-ridden, high-risk energy future. These conclusions are based on findings with regard to four questions: what was the cause of the 1973 energy crisis. How did the US respond to that crisis between 1973 and 1980. Why and how did the Reagan administration reverse what had gone before. What must we do, given the present situation. 17 references.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman
- OSTI ID:
- 5727535
- Journal Information:
- Policy Stud. Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Policy Stud. Rev.; (United States) Vol. 4:3; ISSN PSRWD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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