[Dr. Sivana]

Actually, I DO remember the reason given. And it is even funnier than the one offered. The reason Jimmy Carter gave for having a Department of Energy was that “we were the only developed nation that didn’t have one already.”

[LucyJo]

"We are the only developed country in the world that doesn't have a comprehensive, long-range energy policy that's predictable and well conceived that all of us can depend upon." ~ Jimmy Carter (The Energy Shortage Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Westinghouse Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. January 30, 1977)