NEWSMEN AT BRIEFING/CARTER SPEAKING AS ABOVE,



PRESIDENT CARTER ADDRESS ON SOLAR ENERGY ONE YEAR AGO/GRAPHICS SHOW RECENT REPORTS ON SOLAR ENERGY STUDIES/RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN DENVER/SCIENTISTS AT WORK/SOLAR ENERGY SPOKESMAN SAYS + WE NEED MORE FUNDING+/ VARIOUS MACHINES THAT TAKE IN SOLAR RAYS/ANOTHER SOLAR SPOKESMAN SAYS, +1 DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY+/ CHAIRMAN OF PRO-SOLAR POWER COMMITTEE SAYS + CARTER HAS DONE LITTLE TO HELP US+/ SUNSET OVER MAJOR CITY.




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Background: PRESIDENT CARTER AT HIS DAILY BRIEFING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. SAID THAT MANY IN THE NATION BELIEVED THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE AND THAT THE RECENT PETROL CRISIS WAS CONTRIVED. +THIS,+ CARTER SAID, + IS A FALSE ANALYSIS+ AND HE URGED THE CONGRESS TO ENACT THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX IMMEDIATELY.

WITH ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY ON EVERYBODY'S MIND IN THE UNITED STATES, SOLAR ENERGY IS GAINING IN POPULARITY. PRESIDENT CARTER CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A PRO-SOLAR PRESIDENT, BUT HE HAS DONE LITTLE IN GAINING MONETARY SUPPORT. GREAT ADVANCES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE +SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE+ IN DENVER, COLORADO. BUT THIS INSTUTITE AS OTHERS WILL NEED MORE MONEY IF SOLAR ENERGY IS TO BECOME AMERICA'S MAIN ENERGY SOURCE.