Volume 20, Number 13 · August 9, 1973
Illusions About Energy
By Emma Rothschild
United States Mineral Resources
US Geological Survey, Professional Paper No. 820
US Government Printing Office, $9.50
US Energy Outlook
National Petroleum Council (1625 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006)
Summary Report, $6.50 (paper)
The Potential for Energy Conservation
Office of Emergency Preparedness (Executive Office of the President)
US Government Printing Office, $3.00
Alternative energy is, after inflation in oil prices and profits, the major subject of present 'energy crisis' rhetoric. But new energy supplies may not provide the relief that they now seem to offer, although President Nixon promised, in June, in the latest version of his energy strategy, 'intensive effort,' and $10 billion, for alternative energy development.
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