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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5901. Congressional statement of findings
The Congress hereby finds that -
(a) The Nation is suffering from a shortage of environmentally
acceptable forms of energy.
(b) Compounding this energy shortage is our past and present
failure to formulate a comprehensive and aggressive research and
development program designed to make available to American
consumers our large domestic energy reserves including fossil
fuels, nuclear fuels, geothermal resources, solar energy, and other
forms of energy. This failure is partially because the
unconventional energy technologies have not been judged to be
economically competitive with traditional energy technologies.
(c) The urgency of the Nation's energy challenge will require
commitments similar to those undertaken in the Manhattan and Apollo
projects; it will require that the Nation undertake a research,
development, and demonstration program in nonnuclear energy
technologies with a total Federal investment which may reach or
exceed $20,000,000,000 over the next decade.
(d) In undertaking such program, full advantage must be taken of
the existing technical and managerial expertise in the various
energy fields within Federal agencies and particularly in the
private sector.
(e) The Nation's future energy needs can be met if a national
commitment is made now to dedicate the necessary financial
resources, to enlist our scientific and technological capabilities,
and to accord the proper priority to developing new nonnuclear
energy options to serve national needs, conserve vital resources,
and protect the environment.
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