Robert D. Thorne and John M. Deutch Nominations: Hearings Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ... November 2, 1977, March 15 and 20, 1978

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Page 243 - I am currently affiliated with the program of policy studies in science and technology at the George Washington University.
Page 259 - ERDA by written notice to the Contractor and may be increased or decreased by written agreement of the parties (whether or not by formal modification of this contract). Estimated revenues and receipts from others for work and services to be performed under this contract are not included...
Page 218 - In the absence of greatly increased energy conservation, projected world demand for oil will approach productive capacity by the early 1980s and substantially exceed capacity by 1985.
Page 259 - I am the of the corporation named as Contractor herein: that who signed this contract on behalf of the Contractor was then of said corporation: that said contract was duly signed for and on behalf of said corporation by authority of Its governing body and is within the scope of Its corporate powers. In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of said corporation.
Page 217 - The tool of politics (which frequently becomes its objective) is to extract resources from the general taxpayer with minimum offense and to distribute the proceeds among innumerable claimants in such a way as to maximize support at the polls. Politics, so far as mobilizing support is concerned, represents the art of calculated cheating — or more precisely how to cheat without being really caught.
Page 216 - ... cannot be condoned. Environmentalists have also been raising questions that transcend the issues involved in individual plants. The question has been raised, by Michael McCloskey of the Sierra Club among others, whether our society for environmental reasons viewed broadly ought not curb its appetite for energy and for electric power. It is a legitimate social question.
Page 362 - We will adjourn subject to the call of the Chair. Thank you. (Whereupon, at 12:55 pm, Monday, May 28, 1962, the committee adjourned subject to the call of the Chair.) PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1963 THURSDAY...
Page 65 - There is established a Solar Energy Research Institute, which shall perform such research, development, and related functions as the Chairman may determine to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the Project's activities under this Act or to be otherwise in futherance of the purpose and objectives of this Act.
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Page 358 - There appears to be a substantive consensus and valid technical basis for the view that present plans and actions should rely on geological containment of wastes which can be achieved in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner.

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