Project Independence
Project Independence was an initiative announced by U.S. President Richard Nixon on November 7, 1973,[1] in reaction to the OPEC oil embargo and the resulting 1973 oil crisis. Recalling the Manhattan Project, the stated goal of Project Independence was to achieve energy self-sufficiency for the United States by 1980[2] through a national commitment to energy conservation and development of alternative sources of energy.[3] Nixon declared that American science, technology and industry could free America from dependence on imported oil [4](energy independence).
Some of the important initiatives to emerge from Project Independence included lowering highway speeds to 55 mph (89 km/h), converting oil power plants to coal, completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and diverting federal funds from highway construction to mass transit.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Nixon (1973-11-07), in Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE), The President's address to the nation outlining steps to deal with the emergency, retrieved 2010-07-17
- ^ James Laxer (1975). Canada's energy crisis. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company. p. 41. ISBN 0-88862-087-X.
- ^ a b Charles E. Brown (2002). World energy resources. New York: Springer. p. 227. ISBN 3-540-42634-5.
- ^ U.S. Department of Energy. "Energy Timeline: from 1971 to 1980". Retrieved 2012-03-01.
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