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malaise

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22. Great OP

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:14 AM

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Here’s a great link

https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/jimmy-carters-energy-policy-legacy/

n his speech, President Carter called the crisis “the moral equivalent of war” and called on Americans to conserve energy. He outlined a plan to tackle the crisis, focusing on conservation, efficiency, and domestic technologies to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

President Carter signed energy legislation that created the U.S. Department of Energy, provided incentives for renewables and coal, deregulated oil and natural gas prices, and banned new power plants from using gas or oil. Some of these policies have had a lasting effect. Others drew criticism and were ultimately repealed.

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