http://sefora.org/2008/09/24/next-presi ... -strategy/
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The American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society were two of the more than seventy scientific organizations, businesses, and higher education organizations who signed a petition that is being delivered to both Presidential campaigns. “We call on the next President to work with Congress to develop, fund and implement a comprehensive, multi-agency, basic research strategy to address our nation’s energy crisis and future energy security,” the petition states. It continues: “Successfully developing and deploying a diverse and sustainable portfolio of new cutting-edge energy solutions will require basic research that produces scientific advances that leapfrog current technologies.”
The petition effort was led by the Energy Sciences Coalition to which AIP and several of its Member Societies belong and The Science Coalition. The petition was released at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on basic energy research that will be reviewed in a future issue of FYI.
The text of the petition follows: