○  energy and the national goals - a crisis of confidence  ○

on board in world war ii, will have the responsibility and authority to cut through the red tape, the delays, and the endless roadblocks to completing key energy projects.

we will protect our environment. but when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it.

point six: i’m proposing a bold conservation program to involve every state, county, and city and every average american in our energy battle. this effort will permit you to build conservation into your homes and your lives at a cost you can afford.

i ask congress to give me authority for mandatory conservation and for standby gasoline rationing. to further conserve energy, i’m proposing tonight an extra ten billion dollars over the next decade to strengthen our public transportation systems. and i’m asking you for your good and for your nation’s security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense, i tell you it is an act of patriotism.

our nation must be fair to the poorest among us, so we will increase aid to needy americans to cope with rising energy prices. we often think of conservation only in terms of sacrifice. in fact, it is the most painless and immediate ways of rebuilding our nation’s strength. every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. it gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.

so, the solution of our energy crisis can also help us to conquer the crisis of the spirit in our country. it can rekindle our sense of unity, our confidence in the future, and give our nation and all of us individually a new sense of purpose.

you know we can do it. we have the natural resources. we have m

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