Address to the Nation on Energy (April 18, 1977) by Jimmy Carter

Our energy plan will also include a number of specific goals to measure our progress toward a stable energy system. These are the goals that we set for 1985:
—to reduce the annual growth rate in our energy demand to less than 2 percent;
—to reduce gasoline consumption by 10 percent below its. current level;
—to cut in half the portion of U.S. oil which is imported—from a potential level of 16 million barrels to 6 million barrels a day;
—to establish a strategic petroleum reserve of one billion barrels, more than a 6-months supply;
—to increase our coal production by about two-thirds to more than one billion tons a year;
—to insulate 90 percent of American homes and all new buildings;
—to use solar energy in more than 2 1/2 million houses.

CBS Evening News, February 2009.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_96hmIiwQ&start=28

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On the related note, apparently some people are unhappy with all of the hot air in the Oval Office.