Energy Security Act

Energy Security Act

The Energy Security Act was signed into law by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1980.It consisted of six major acts:
* U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act
* Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act
* Renewable Energy Resources Act
* Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act
* Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act
* Geothermal Energy Act
* Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act

ee also

*Energy security

References

* [http://www.mbe.doe.gov/me70/history/1971-1980.htm DOE Timeline: 1971-1980] , Department of Energy
* [http://www.net.org/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=27583 President Carter and the Search for Synthetic Fossil Fuels]


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