The Congress hereby finds that—
**(a)** The Nation is suffering from a shortage of environmentally acceptable forms of energy.
**(b)** Compounding this energy shortage is our past and present failure to formulate a comprehensive and aggressive research and development program designed to make available to American consumers our large domestic energy reserves including fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, geothermal resources, solar energy, and other forms of energy. This failure is partially because the unconventional energy technologies have not been judged to be economically competitive with traditional energy technologies.
**(c)** The urgency of the Nation’s energy challenge will require commitments similar to those undertaken in the Manhattan and Apollo projects; it will require that the Nation undertake a research, development, and demonstration program in nonnuclear energy technologies with a total Federal investment which may reach or exceed $20,000,000,000 over the next decade.
**(d)** In undertaking such program, full advantage must be taken of the existing technical and managerial expertise in the various energy fields within Federal agencies and particularly in the private sector.
**(e)** The Nation’s future energy needs can be met if a national commitment is made now to dedicate the necessary financial resources, to enlist our scientific and technological capabilities, and to accord the proper priority to developing new nonnuclear energy options to serve national needs, conserve vital resources, and protect the environment.
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The Congress hereby finds that—
**(a)** The Nation is suffering from a shortage of environmentally acceptable forms of energy.
**(b)** Compounding this energy shortage is our past and present failure to formulate a comprehensive and aggressive research and development program designed to make available to American consumers our large domestic energy reserves including fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, geothermal resources, solar energy, and other forms of energy. This failure is partially because the unconventional energy technologies have not been judged to be economically competitive with traditional energy technologies.
**(c)** The urgency of the Nation’s energy challenge will require commitments similar to those undertaken in the Manhattan and Apollo projects; it will require that the Nation undertake a research, development, and demonstration program in nonnuclear energy technologies with a total Federal investment which may reach or exceed $20,000,000,000 over the next decade.
**(d)** In undertaking such program, full advantage must be taken of the existing technical and managerial expertise in the various energy fields within Federal agencies and particularly in the private sector.
**(e)** The Nation’s future energy needs can be met if a national commitment is made now to dedicate the necessary financial resources, to enlist our scientific and technological capabilities, and to accord the proper priority to developing new nonnuclear energy options to serve national needs, conserve vital resources, and protect the environment.
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§ 5901. Congressional statement of findings
The Congress hereby finds that—
(a) The Nation is suffering from a shortage of
environmentally acceptable forms of energy.
(b) Compounding this energy shortage is our
past and present failure to formulate a com-
prehensive and aggressive research and develop-
ment program designed to make available to
American consumers our large domestic energy
reserves including fossil fuels, nuclear fuels,
geothermal resources, solar energy, and other
forms of energy. This failure is partially because
the unconventional energy technologies have
not been judged to be economically competitive
with traditional energy technologies.
(c) The urgency of the Nation’s energy chal-
lenge will require commitments similar to those
undertaken
in
the
Manhattan
and
Apollo
projects; it will require that the Nation under-
take a research, development, and demonstra-
tion program in nonnuclear energy technologies
with a total Federal investment which may
reach or exceed $20,000,000,000 over the next dec-
ade.
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1 See References in Text note below.
(d) In undertaking such program, full advan-
tage must be taken of the existing technical and
managerial expertise in the various energy
fields within Federal agencies and particularly
in the private sector.
(e) The Nation’s future energy needs can be
met if a national commitment is made now to
dedicate the necessary financial resources, to
enlist our scientific and technological capabili-
ties, and to accord the proper priority to devel-
oping new nonnuclear energy options to serve
national needs, conserve vital resources, and
protect the environment.
(Pub. L. 93–577, § 2, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1879.)
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