virtually unanimous interest in the subject. 

 Consequently, we recommend that the United States 

 indicate its intent to lend major new support for 

 public and private research and development activities 

 related to energy problems in developing countries. 

 Major expansion in this direction could be made with 

 only a small portion of the funds the United States 

 will be spending on its own energy research and 

 development, and these activities are likely to produce 

 benefits for the United states as well as for others. 



Among the actions recommended in addition to 

 advanced education and training are that the United 

 States: 



Encourage government-sponsored research and 

 development in the United States to be more 

 responsive to opportunities to work on problems of 

 interest to developing countries, especially on 

 technologies for using renewable energy sources. 



— Develop a program to enable sites in the United 

 States and developing countries with similar 

 climate or geologic conditions or common interests 

 in certain technologies to engage in cooperative 

 research and development of small-scale 

 technologies based on renewable energy resources. 

 Support joint teams of specialists from the United 

 States and developing countries in cooperative 

 study of such energy- intensive activities as 

 transportation, industrial processing, agriculture, 

 and housing. The work should have two objectives: 

 conservation through energy-efficient designs and 

 replacement of costly imports with indigenous 

 energy sources. 



Establish a specialized advisory service to help 

 strengthen developing countries' capabilities to 

 plan for energy development and promote efficient 

 use of energy. The service could draw from U.S. 

 government, business, and university resources in a 

 broad range of relevant disciplines. 



— Sponsor demonstration projects in developing 

 countries jointly with local institutions to test 

 the local viability of innovative technology 

 designed to reduce energy requirements in 

 agricultural and industrial production and in 

 supply of public services. 



Support a network of regional research and 

 development institutions in developing countries to 

 concentrate on the energy problems of their 

 regions. To the extent possible, these should be 

 existing institutions whose work could be broadened 

 for this purpose. The United States could also 

 sponsor a continuing series of regional seminars, 

 workshops, and symposia for periodic exchange of 



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