It unbalances our Nation's trade with other countries. Our energy plan captures and returns them to the public, where they can stimulate the economy, save more energy, and create new jobs. One of the most enduring aspects of Jimmy Carter's presidency is his green legacy he embraced environmental stewardship and renewable energy with an . Ours is the most wasteful nation on Earth. You see a Congress twisted and pulled in every direction by hundreds of well-financed and powerful special interests. And then I left Camp David to listen to other Americans, men and women like you. This excessive importing of foreign oil is a tremendous and rapidly increasing drain on our national economy. We will have to have a crash program to build more nuclear plants, strip mine and bum more coal, and drill more offshore wells than if we begin to conserve right now. producers deserve fair treatment, but we will not let the oil companies profiteer. I will sign the energy bills only if they meet these tests. Our national energy plan is based on 10 fundamental principles. We will monitor our progress toward these goals year by year. We can delay insulating our homes, and they will continue to lose about 50 percent of their heat in waste. The second principle is that healthy economic growth must continue. I will be working closely with them. Those citizens who insist on driving large, unnecessarily powerful cars must expect to pay more for that luxury. A huge box-office hit, the film established Willis as a movie star and spawned three sequels. They have never been healed. All rights reserved. The 1973 gas lines are gone, and with this springtime weather, our homes are warm again. On June 30, 1979, a weary Jimmy Carter was looking forward to a few days' vacation in Hawaii, as Air Force One sped him away from a grueling economic summit in Tokyo. Jimmy Carter Has 'Still Got Some Time In Him,' So There's Still Time to Speak Ill of Him. The selection of this time span made perfect sense from a Hollywood read more, On July 15, 1988, Die Hard, an action film starring Bruce Willis as wisecracking New York City cop John McClane, opens in theaters across the United States. This change became the basis of the Industrial Revolution. Some will cause you to put up with inconveniences and to make sacrifices. If you will join me so that we can work together with patriotism and courage, we will again prove that our great Nation can lead the world into an age of peace, independence, and freedom. President Carter delivered this speech on the energy crisis in 1977. The tenth and last principle is that we must start now to develop the new, unconventional sources of energy that we will rely on in the next century. On July 15th, Carter came down from the mountains and gave what came to be known as the "Malaise Speech," even though he never used the word in his televised address to the nation. The first principle is that we can have an effective and comprehensive energy policy only if the Government takes responsibility for it and if the people understand the seriousness of the challenge and are willing to make sacrifices. Carter prefaced his talk about. ", And I like this one particularly from a black woman who happens to be the mayor of a small Mississippi town: "The big-shots are not the only ones who are important. This has already started. The cost will keep going up. We have more coal than any nation on Earth. Now we need efficiency and ingenuity more than ever. Nearly everyone who is alive today grew up during this period, and we have never known anything different. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose. Yesterday, after careful consideration, I announced the postponement of a major overseas trip until after Christmas because of the paramount importance of developing an effective energy plan this year. Our Nation's economic and political independence is becoming increasingly vulnerable. Each American uses the energy equivalent of 60 barrels of oil per person each year. To jumpstart this program, Carter asked Congress to form an energy mobilization board modeled after the War Production Board of World War II, and asked the legislature to enact a windfall profits tax immediately to fight inflation and unemployment. We can't substantially increase our domestic production, so we would need to import twice as much oil as we do now. Unless we act, we will spend more than $550 billion for imported oil by 1985--more than $2,500 for every man, woman, and child in America. This writer voted for Carter in 1976. I believe that the duties of this office permit me to do no less. Other generations of Americans have faced and mastered great challenges. We've always been proud of our ingenuity, our skill at answering questions. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives. More than 6 months ago, in April, I spoke to you about a need for a national policy to deal with our present and future energy problems, and the next day I sent my proposals to the Congress. Whenever you have a chance, say something good about our country. View Transcript. Conservation is the quickest, cheapest, most practical source of energy. Obviously, this cannot continue. Jimmy Carter. Our plan will call for strict conservation measures if we fall behind. 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. All of us have heard about the large oil fields on Alaska's North Slope. In his speech, President Carter called the crisis "the moral equivalent o Industry will have to do its part to conserve just as consumers will. You don't like it, and neither do I. Our national energy plan is based on 10 fundamental principles. One is a path I've warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. If it were possible to keep it rising during the 1970's and 1980's by 5 percent a year, as it has in the past, we could use up all the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade. We've always wanted to give our children and our grandchildren a world richer in possibilities than we have had ourselves. But, unfortunately, there are still some who seek personal gain over the national interest. Pike was instructed to seek out headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers and to investigate read more, Spree killer Andrew Cunanan murders world-renowned Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace on the steps outside his Miami mansion. Die Hard also became read more, John Christie, one of Englands most notorious killers, is executed. Now, these 10 principles have guided the development of the policy that I will describe to you and the Congress on Wednesday night. I will continue to travel this country, to hear the people of America. When President Jimmy Carter addressed the nation on April 18, 1977, the U.S. was in a crisis. Now, these 10 principles have guided the development of the policy that I will describe to you and the Congress on Wednesday night. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. His remarks were broadcast live on radio and television. The choices facing the Members of Congress are not easy. I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy. The most important thing about these proposals is that the alternative may be a national catastrophe. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency . Embed. FILE - Lillian Carter is flanked by her sons Jimmy, right, and Billy as she met them down at Billy's gas station, where the Carters and neighbors cleaned fish prior to a town cookout, June 26, 1976. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next 5 years will be worse than the past 5 years. The oil and natural gas that we rely on for 75 percent of our energy are simply running out. They want greatly increased prices for "old" oil and gasenergy supplies which have already been discovered and which are being produced now. But if we wait, we will constantly live in fear of embargoes. I've given you some of the principles of the plan. During the 1960's, we used twice as much as during the 1950's. The first was about 200 years ago, when we changed away from wood--which had provided about 90 percent of all fuelto coal, which was much more efficient. We will use research and development projects, tax incentives and penalties, and regulatory authority to hasten the shift from oil and gas to coal, to wind and solar power, to geothermal, methane, and other energy sources. Jimmy Carter, "Address to the Nation on Energy," April 18, 1977 (excerpts). The fifth principle is that we must be fair. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth and it is a warning. This difficult effort will be the "moral equivalent of war," except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. But I think most of you realize that a policy which does not ask for changes or sacrifices would not be an effective policy at this late date. They are going up, whether we pass an energy program or not, as fuel becomes more scarce and more expensive to produce. The president was scheduled to deliver a speech on July 4 but canceled at the last minute. Several of our discussions were on energy, and I have a notebook full of comments and advice. I hope that, perhaps a hundred years from now, the change to inexhaustible energy sources will have been made, and our Nation's concern about energy will be over. Moreover, I will soon submit legislation to Congress calling for the creation of this Nation's first solar bank, which will help us achieve the crucial goal of 20 percent of our energy coming from solar power by the year 2000. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. It is the idea which founded our Nation and has guided our development as a people. Amid looming concern regarding the scarcity of oil resources President Carter delivers a message in stark terms, urging Americans to band together in order to eliminate the wasting of energy resources. We can manage the short-term shortages more effectively and we will, but there are no short-term solutions to our long-range problems. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. There are two paths to choose. I know that many of you have suspected that some supplies of oil and gas are being withheld from the market. Jimmy Carter November 08, 1977 Source National Archives Amid looming concern regarding the scarcity of oil resources President Carter delivers a message in stark terms, urging Americans to band together in order to eliminate the wasting of energy resources. They were more convenient and cheaper than coal, and the supply seemed to be almost without limit. If we do not act, then by 1985 we will be using 33 percent more energy than we use today. Vast amounts of American wealth no longer stay in the United States to build our factories and to give us a better life. We are the generation that dedicated our society to the pursuit of human rights and equality. But we can succeed only if we tap our greatest resources--America's people, America's values, and America's confidence. Never speak ill of the dead, the old saying goes, but Jimmy Carter, 98, still lives. Demand will overtake production. The 1973 gas lines are gone, and with this springtime weather, our homes are warm again. Unlike the billions of dollars that we ship to foreign countries to pay for foreign oil, these funds will be paid by Americans to Americans. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. Our energy problems have the same cause as our environmental problemswasteful use of resources. The Secretary of Defense said recently, "The present deficiency of assured energy sources is the single surest threat to our security and to that of our allies." Although all countries could, of course, be more efficient, we are the worst offender. If we wait and do not act, then our factories will not be able to keep our people on the job with reduced supplies of fuel. Our energy problems have the same cause as our environmental problems-wasteful use of resources. It can rekindle our sense of unity, our confidence in the future, and give our Nation and all of us individually a new sense of purpose. The statement marked a dramatic turning point in U.S.-China relations, as well as a major shift in American foreign policy. It's always been easier to wait until the next year or the next term of office, to avoid political risk. An effective conservation program will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. They want even higher prices than those we've proposed for "new" gas and oil, and they want the higher prices sooner. We've always had a faith that the days of our children would be better than our own. During the 1950's, people used twice as much oil as during the 1940's. The question is, who should benefit from those rising prices for oil already discovered? In closing, let me say this: I will do my best, but I will not do it alone. Well, I understand how he felt, but I must tell you the truth. We ourselves are the same Americans who just 10 years ago put a man on the Moon. In his speech, President Carter called the crisis "the moral equivalent of war" and called on Americans to conserve . It causes unemployment. Above all, they will be fair. I said 6 months ago that no one would be completely satisfied with this National Energy Plan. We've always been proud, through our history, of being efficient people. Working together with our common faith we cannot fail. Our imports have more than tripled in the last 10 years. Many groups have risen to the challenge. With about the same standard of living, we use twice as much energy per person as do other countries like Germany, Japan, and Sweden. The American Presidency Project (http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=7369). And above all, I will act. Carter ended by asking for input from average citizens to help him devise an energy agenda for the 1980s. And we are the generation that will win the war on the energy problem and in that process rebuild the unity and confidence of America. There, in the next few weeks, the strength and courage of our political system will be proven. Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in the farming community of Plains, Georgia. More than six months ago, in April, I spoke to you about a need for a national policy to deal with our present and future energy problems, and the next day I sent my proposals to the Congress. World consumption of oil is still going up. These 10 days confirmed my belief in the decency and the strength and the wisdom of the American people, but it also bore out some of my longstanding concerns about our Nation's underlying problems. Some will cause you to put up with inconveniences and to make sacrifices. America overseas is only as strong as America at home. If it were possible to keep it rising during the 1970's and 1980's by 5 percent a year, as it has in the past, we could use up all the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade. When we import oil we are also importing inflation plus unemployment. And third, it protects our Federal budget from any unreasonable burden. . Although journalists and historians say the address ultimately undermined his presidency, the Democratic candidates vying to challenge President Trump in 2020 have much to learn from Carter's . Note: The President spoke at 8 p.m. from the Oval Office at the White House. They will say that sacrifice is fine as long as other people do it, but that their sacrifice is unreasonable or unfair or harmful to the country. The third principle is that we must protect the environment. that it be. to establish a strategic petroleum reserve of one billion barrels, more than a 6-months supply; Point three: To give us energy security, I am asking for the most massive peacetime commitment of funds and resources in our Nation's history to develop America's own alternative sources of fuel--from coal, from oil shale, from plant products for gasohol, from unconventional gas, from the Sun. Within 10 years, we would not be able to import enough oil from any country, at any acceptable price. Remarks to the students and faculty at Moscow State University / Ronald Reagan -- Remarks to the residents of Leiden / George Bush -- v. 6. On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter addresses the nation via live television to discuss the nation's energy crisis and accompanying recession. We must look back into history to understand our energy problem. We have no choice about that. We can decide to act while there is still time. ", This kind of summarized a lot of other statements: "Mr. President, we are confronted with a moral and a spiritual crisis.". During the 1950's, people used twice as much oil as during the 1940's. Carter then launched into his energy policy plans, which included the implementation of mandatory conservation efforts for individuals and businesses and deep cuts in the nations dependence on foreign oil through import quotas. Now, I know that some of you may doubt that we face real energy shortages. --to insulate 90 percent of American homes and all new buildings; to use solar energy in more than 2 1/2 million houses. Former President Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), was the 39 th president of the United States, serving from 1977-1981. I hope that each of you will take steps to conserve our precious energy and also join with your elected officials at all levels of government to meet this test of our Nation's judgment and will. This difficult effort will be the 'moral equivalent of war' except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not destroy. This from a young woman in Pennsylvania: "I feel so far from government. The confidence that we have always had as a people is not simply some romantic dream or a proverb in a dusty book that we read just on the Fourth of July. Only by saving energy can we maintain our standard of living and keep our people at work. During the next few weeks, attention will be focused on the Congress, but the proving of our courage and commitment will continue, in different forms and places, in the months and the years, even generations ahead. Just as the search for solutions to our energy shortages has now led us to a new awareness of our Nation's deeper problems, so our willingness to work for those solutions in energy can strengthen us to attack those deeper problems. Further delay can affect our strength and our power as a nation. I've given you some of the principles of the plan. If they succeed with this approach, then the burden on the ordinary citizen, who is not organized into an interest group, would be crushing. Gradually, you've heard more and more about what the Government thinks or what the Government should be doing and less and less about our Nation's hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future. On July 15, 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. What you see too often in Washington and elsewhere around the country is a system of government that seems incapable of action. Each American uses the energy equivalent of 60 barrels of oil per person each year. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search . We need to shift to plentiful coal, while taking care to protect the environment, and to apply stricter safety standards to nuclear energy. ", "You don't see the people enough any more. Thereafter, I was so dismayed by his presidency that I betrayed my natal Democratic Party and voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980. We must deal with the energy problem on a war footing. ", "Some of your Cabinet members don't seem loyal. If we wait and do not act, then our factories will not be able to keep our people on the job with reduced supplies of fuel. He outlined a plan to tackle the crisis . We should reward individuals and companies who discover and produce new oil and gas, but we must not give them huge windfall profits on their existing wells at the expense of the American people. And I'm asking you for your good and for your Nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. But after listening to the American people I have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America. If they succeed with this approach, then the burden on the ordinary citizen, who is not organized into an interest group, would be crushing. All of us in Government need your help. I do not promise you that this struggle for freedom will be easy. But if we wait, we will constantly live in fear of embargoes. This energy plan is a good insurance policyfor the future, in which relatively small premiums that we pay today will protect us in the years ahead. I believe that this can be a positive challenge. These are the goals that we set for 1985: READ MORE: Jimmy Carter: His Life and Legacy, Jimmy Carter speaks about a national crisis in confidence, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimmy-carter-speaks-about-a-national-crisis-in-confidence.
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