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Was DOE Research a Waste?(United States. Department of Energy)

Publication: Energy
Date: Friday, June 22 2001

No, says a new NRC report--Energy Dept. research has yielded significant benefits.

From the time of the first Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) oil embargo nearly 30 years ago, the United States has looked to new technology for solutions to its energy problems. Indeed, the first government reports to recommend an energy research and development (R&D) agenda appeared within weeks of that 1973 event. In 1975, President Ford created the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), consolidating under one umbrella existing R&D energy prog

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