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

the battlefield of energy we can win for our nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.

*in little more than two decades we’ve gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries,* at prices that are going through the roof. our excessive dependence on opec has already taken a tremendous toll on our economy and our people. this is the direct cause of the long lines which have made millions of you spend aggravating hours waiting for gasoline. it’s a cause of the increased inflation and unemployment that we now face. this intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation.

the energy crisis is real. it is worldwide. it is a clear and present danger to our nation. these are facts and we simply must face them.

what i have to say to you now about energy is simple and vitally important.

point one: i am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the united states. beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977-- never. from now on, every new addition to our demand for energy will be met from our own production and our own conservation. the generation-long growth in our dependence on foreign oil will be stopped dead in its tracks right now and then reversed as we move through the 1980s, for i am tonight setting the further goal of cutting our dependence on foreign oil by one-half by the end of the next decade -- a saving of over four and a half million barrels of imported oil per day.

point two: to ensure that we meet these targets, i will use my presidential authority to set import quotas. i’m announcing tonight that for 1979 and 1980, i will forbid the entry into this country of one drop of foreign oil more than these goals allow. these quotas will ensure a reduction in imports eve

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