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The role of industry in international energy programs

MAR 01, 1975
International cooperative efforts, so necessary to develop the world’s energy resources, will give industrial scientists a chance to assume an active role.
Roland W. Schmitt
Peter J. Stewart

The time has come for technical people in industry to take the lead in establishing international programs in energy research and development. To show why we believe this, we will have to explain why we think international ventures in the energy field will turn out to be best handled by industry‐to‐industry contacts, rather than through some kind of government‐to‐government dialog, and also why we think it is time that industrial scientists, rather than purely business‐minded executives, played leading roles. Close links with cooperating government agencies will of course still be appropriate and necessary, but initiatives should now come from industrial scientists.

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References

  1. 1. J. B. Fisk, “US–USSR Cooperative Agreements,” Serial T, House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 92nd Congress, 2nd session (1972).

  2. 2. Dixy Lee Ray, “The Nation’s Energy Future: A Report to Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States,” Washington D.C., December 1973.

  3. 3. Project Independence Report, Federal Energy Administration, Washington D.C., November 1974.

  4. 4. Technology Assessment and Forecast, an “Early Warning Report” of the Office of Technology Assessment and Forecast, Dept. of Commerce, Washington D.C. December 1973.

More about the Authors

Roland W. Schmitt. Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y..

Peter J. Stewart. Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y..

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Volume 28, Number 3

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