History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2164 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Energy
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The idea
Carter created the Department of Energy and urged conservation, appearing on television in a sweater to tell Americans that all of us must learn to waste less energy, the Yawp records.
In practice
A president asking the nation, on television, to use less.
Where people slip
Energy, the anchor says, was the problem Carter set out to meet through the new department.
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