Obama’s speech evokes memories of Carter appeals

摘要

When President Barack Obama used nhis first Oval Office speech to call for a ntransformation in the way Americans pro-nduce and use energy, he echoed another nDemocratic president who made the same npoint more than 30 years ago.nBut while Obama’s address last week nsolicited ideas from Democrats and nRepublicans in Congress to break US ndependence on fossil fuels, President nJimmy Carter’s energy speeches in 1977 nand 1979 advocated specific — and high-nly controversial — measures and goals to ncut US oil imports. nSome say Carter’s penchant for detail noffered more direction than Obama’s npitch, though the former president also nwas lambasted for what was perceived as nthe dour tone of his remarks.