efficiency of existing techniques, practices, and processes. 

 Particular attention is given to removing barriers to public 

 acceptance, satisfying existing standards, and developing an 

 improved basis for standards in all energy production and use 

 areas. 



Mid-Term Period (1986-2000) 



Mid-term energy research and development program 

 goals aim at providing alternative energy sources and 

 increased ability to substitute more plentiful fuels for scarcer 

 ones. Conservation and efficiency measures, conversion of 

 coal to gas and oil, breeder reactors, and certain solar and 

 geothermal sources are prime elements of the mid-term 

 program. 



Long-Term Period (Beyond Year 2000) 



Many presently unanticipated variables, of course, will 

 become important in the long-term period. Changes in the 

 organization of society, in the patterns of transportation and 

 other energy uses, in the needs of industry, and in overall 

 economic growth patterns may occur. The long-term goal of 

 the energy research and development program for self- 

 sufficiency is the production of adequate amounts of 

 environmentally clean, low-cost fuels from relatively 

 inexhaustible domestic sources. Energy should be available in 

 forms best suited to the energy needs of the various sectors of 

 the economy. 



In addition to these technological objectives, the Program 

 specified certain supporting objectives: 



• Enhance basic research into energy systems and fuel 

 sources. 



• Continue basic research into chemistry, physics, geology, 

 and biology to identify new potentials and provide the basis of 

 knowledge for solution of problems that experience shows 

 will arise. 



• Establish the nature, emission patterns, distribution in the 

 environment, and ecological and medical effects of pollutants. 



• Provide improved bases of knowledge for setting 

 environmental standards and minimizing environmental 

 impacts from energy technologies. 



• Develop detailed methods to enhance environmental and 

 ecological integrity and overcome any necessary but 

 undesirable impacts that have accumulated. 



• Create and sustain an adequate supply of scientifically and 

 technically competent manpower to support the operation of 

 the energy system and the research and development 

 program. 



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