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

ore oil in our shale alone than several saudi arabias. we have more coal than any nation on earth. we have the world’s highest level of technology. we have the most skilled work force, with innovative genius, and i firmly believe that we have the national will to win this war.

i do not promise you that this struggle for freedom will be easy. i do not promise a quick way out of our nation’s problems, when the truth is that the only way out is an all-out effort. what i do promise you is that i will lead our fight, and i will enforce fairness in our struggle, and i will ensure honesty. and above all, i will act.

we can manage the short-term shortages more effectively, and we will; but there are no short-term solutions to our long-range problems. there is simply no way to avoid sacrifice.

twelve hours from now i will speak again in kansas city, to expand and to explain further our energy program. just as the search for solutions to our energy shortages has now led us to a new awareness of our nation’s deeper problems, so our willingness to work for those solutions in energy can strengthen us to attack those deeper problems.

i will continue to travel this country, to hear the people of america. you can help me to develop a national agenda for the 1980s. i will listen; and i will act. we will act together.

these were the promises i made three years ago, and i intend to keep them.

little by little we can and we must rebuild our confidence. we can spend until we empty our treasuries, and we may summon all the wonders of science. but we can succeed only if we tap our greatest resources -- america’s people, america’s values, and america’s confidence.

i have seen the strength of america in the inexhaustible resources of our people. in the days to come, let us renew that strength in the struggle for an energy-secure nation.

in closing, let me s

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