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Panelists: U.S. needs to develop other fuel sources

By Andrea Sarisky

Andi86@uga.edu

From left: moderator Jay Hakes, director of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum; former Sen. Howard Baker and Stuart Eizenstat, former chief domestic adviser. (Photo by Peter Frey)

The U.S. uses energy more efficiently today than 30 years ago, but there is a current need to focus on developing alternative fuel sources and reducing dependence on foreign sources of energy, according to Stuart Eizenstat, former chief domestic affairs adviser.

Eizenstat was part of a three-member panel that discussed domestic policy relating to energy and the environment as part of the conference.

The other two members of the panel, former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker and David Hawkins, director of the National Resources Defense Council Climate Center, both expressed similar sentiments during the panel session “Energy, Conservation and the Environment.”

Energy policy and its subsequent impact on the environment, which was a major issue during the Carter presidency, has reappeared as a pivotal issue today.

“Global warming is a problem that was recognized during the Carter administration. . . but then it was ignored,” said Hawkins about the intersection of energy policy and the environment. “Since 2000 and 2001, it has been basically a retrograde operation. We’re now coming out of that, recognizing that we need to do something about it. . . The issue of oil dependence and global warming is a classic example of the need to integrate energy and environmental policy.”

Although the panelists held varying viewpoints on many of the issues discussed, the underlying tone of all three panelists’ responses showed that there is still room for improvement in creating environmentally sound energy policy.

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