TABU 01 CONTENTS XXIII 



XIX. Advanced Energy Technologies— Continued p aRe 



Snakes under the rocks 913 



Federal use of electric vehicles 913 



Dynamic leadership by Science Committee .... 914 



President Ford vetoes electric vehicle bill .... 915 



Organizing House to override the veto 916 



Wydler supports President's veto 916 



Victory for the committee 917 



Solar, geothermal, and conservation increases in 



1976 918 



The House again ups the ante on solar energy . . 919 



House is bullish on solar energy 920 



Thornton and the Energy Extension Service . . . 921 



Goldwater fears a massive bureaucracy 923 



President Carter signs Thornton bill 923 



Automotive Transport R. & D. Act 924 



Committee initiative on automotive bill .... 925 



The automotive bill goes to the White House . . 926 



President Ford vetoes automotive bill 926 



Congressional initiative and leadership 927 



The House overrides, but the Senate sustains veto. 928 



President Carter signs the bill in 1978 929 



McCormack subcommittee in 1977 929 



The three viewpoints on budget figures 931 



The solar photovoltaic energy bill 932 



The printer was excited 933 



Ottinger, the ringleader 934 



Another feather in committee's cap 934 



Oversight on solar heating and cooling 935 



Wydler condemns solarmania 936 



Committee increases in 1978 93" 



Special inquiries by McCormack subcommittee . . 938 



Solar Satellite Power System 939 



We don't know who Paul is 940 



Flippo carries the ball 941 



Ottinger opposes the SSPS 942 



The SSPS bill passes House in 1978 943 



No commitment for commercialization 944 



The 1979 fight over energy jurisdictions 946 



The vote on jurisdictions 947 



Secretary Schlesinger and the 1979 hearings . . 947 



"What on Earth are you waiting for?" 948 



Future prospects for solar energy 948 



