NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY.

Abstract

The Coordinating Committee on Energy (CCE) is a working committee of representatives from 22 major engineering societies having a membership of over 700,000 engineers. The Committee prepared this paper because its members recognized that the government has failed to establish an energy policy capable of providing a comprehensive energy source mix that can meet our requirements for the last portion of this century and the greater portion of the next. The complete text of this position paper, endorsed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the 1979 Summer Annual Meeting, presented recommendations in the following 8 subject areas: Conservation, Solid Fuels, Oil and Gas, Shale Oil, Nuclear Energy, Solar and Other Energy Sources, Electric Power, and Long-Range Energy Planning. Background material is also presented for each area.