If this editorial began, "All the oratory and publicity aside,the American public and government remain unwilling to faceup squarely to the energy problems that are upon us, and tothe resulting constraints on living and productivity that theyportend.", you might think it right up to date. That's too bad,because these words were written in 1978 by Tom Lippincott,who was then editor of this Journal, in an editorial titled,"Energy Independence: The Pace Must Quicken" (1). Threedecades later our nation has made only sporadic progress towardaddressing energy issues, and the changing context of energy,including greenhouse emissions and climate change, seems tobe negating much of the progress that has been made.
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