Results of Past Conservation Work

The cutoff of oil shipments from Iran has once again focused attention on the United States' continued dependence on substantial levels of oil from unrelaible foreign sources. A summary on recent reviews of energy conservation programs and policies indicates that the major problems which still need attention are: (1) the lack of consistent, specific planning which clearly identifies what contribution energy conservation is to make in the overall national energy plan; (2) the lack of an aggressive, coordinated effort to conserve energy in Federal operations and facilities; and (3) the failure of the administration to develop, and have approved by the Congress, emergency energy conservation and gasoline-rationing plans.