at one time or another the son has been to my god king father brother but beyond all that the controlling force of all that lives and moves here on  its fiery element would change the course of continents and seeds would send awesome currents of pure energy charging through the atmosphere working with other elements the sun would first stir life on our planet gradual shiftings and upheavals would bury creatures and plants beneath the surface of the earth they're subjected to time and tremendous pressures billions of years would pass at first energy was used for heat and light its use is multiplied slowly then faster and faster until finally the fuse was lit for a virtual energy explosion that would affect all aspects of our lives a circuit breaker or fuse blows in our home it's not because there's no energy of a level it's simply that we've called for more energy to be delivered to a given place than the line can take and the whole system blows the principle of the household fuse or circuit breaker keeping supply and demand a near balance can be extended to all forms of energy all in effect have circuit breakers and when the demand grows greater than the immediate supply  it was announced today that gas last sunday will go into effect as of next month and when several circuits break at the same time we have an energy crisis  we're in an energy crisis now and will be for some time to come all we can do is face it recognize it and meet the challenges it poses ours is a crisis characterized by shortages of all kinds we have at present an absolute shortage of natural gas we cannot produce as much as we can use as we are equipped to use in our homes and our factories this situation is destined to continue indefinitely and by indefinitely i mean not only just the next few years but as far ahead as we can see crisis is nothing new to man whose progress from earliest times has been marked by a constant quest for new ways to harness and make use of energy resources he learned to use when to grind with the coming of steam engines wood would become the source of fuel to push ships and trains across the face of  history is filled with references to oil the fossil fuel we most rely on today as far back as three hundred b c the chinese drilled three thousand feet for using bamboo tubes and thirty nine edward great drilled this country spurs producing oil well near titusville pennsylvania the coming of oil triggered a rush to likely living spots as prospectors set out to claim quick and easy riches spindled up in east texas the seminole fields of oklahoma edison's invention of the lightbulb would lead to a world electrified and increased the need for coal and oil and natural gas to generate electric power the gasoline engine demanded fuel to run our cars energy was something to use and use and you as the pace of life quickened we were into the twentieth century now there were cars trains airplanes appliances below industrial progress and economic growth was fired by what many seem to look on as endless energy but warning signs were there until one nine hundred fifty the united states could supply the energy needed but in less than twenty five years we found ourselves in trouble each year we used five percent more doubling our demand every twelve to fourteen years coal production stayed at nine hundred forty s levels crude oil imported one third of our oil and gas relying on others to meet new needs then in one thousand nine hundred seventy three the big middle east producers cut off oil shipments to major consuming countries on the embargo is lifted the price of foreign oil had jumped from three to twelve dollars a barrel four times higher than that for more than twenty billion dollars less the united states no one was spared its impact well just looking at my bills and paying more for the activity every night and gasoline is going up and i'm used to being able to go when i want to and i want to but suddenly i think i'm going to have to start although some went on in the same old way eventually the middle east embargo would be felt by all of us one out of every seven gallons of oil we've been using to power our homes our cars our businesses and our schools just wasn't there anymore at the height of the embargo half a million people were thrown out of work products we manufactured and sold dropped from ten to twenty billion dollars in value we were caught by surprise with a crisis that could recur and recur unless the entire country recognized the dangers of a quite real energy shortage and out of the embargo was born project independence a launching pad from which would evolve this country's first national energy policy we must be able to cope with future emergencies we must immediately fully use our traditional energy sources we must develop new sources we must manage better the present demands placed on energy we must conserve the first three goals are largely the job of government and industry the fourth conservation is up to all of us the blueprint was designed to make the united states energy self sufficient by nine hundred eighty five that is we would import some oil but would not be so dependent on other countries to meet this challenge we must change our energy habits we must and our love affair with the big car and use buses and commuter trains we must walk or use bikes rather than drive we must pay more attention to energy used in the home to guarantee that cool air is kept in the summer warm air in the winter months when lights aren't needed they should be turned out but cutbacks by individuals are not enough to prevent future shortages when voting raw materials into energy uses up a tremendous amount of energy itself so to manufacturing and heavy industrial plants we must save fuel there to here at the bad landreau plant we have reduced our energy consumption twenty five percent we've achieved this primarily by being smart about when we turn lights off and on and making sure that our equipment is running in the most efficient manner and carrying out their missed that  at when you look at it you wonder why you didn't do this before but i'm sure it'll be carried forward in the theater and a new and better way to conserve energy will be thought  material can be used as a source of energy a project in st louis has proven that garbage can be put to use in generating power manufacturers of basic products can now collect crush compact and recycled metal containers once considered fit only for the garbage heap this can result in as much as a ninety five percent savings in energy over what it would cost to start with raw materials are saving here to date are well in excess of a million dollars in plane are cast so we're convinced that an energy conservation in addition to saving energy  and conserving short fuel supplies is just plain good business sense for all these first steps taken in conserving energy real conservation means planning by fall of us for most efficient use of energy in the future real conservation means planning our office buildings industrial complexes and homes to take advantage of natural light natural heat natural coolness natural  real conservation means that while striving to achieve the most efficient car and truck engine we must limit our driving now to what is absolutely necessary the fact remains that conservation alone will not g energy needed to permit our country to prosper at its present level this brings us to the second go to develop our oil coal and gas much of this country particularly in the west was once a sea today it's a sea of scrub oak sand and say and beneath its surface lie rich pools of oil and beds of cold enough some say  answer our needs for centuries