Tony Benn on energy conservation

Title

Tony Benn on energy conservation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Dec 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:07

Description

Energy Secretary Tony Benn declares his plans to spend 300 million pounds on energy conservation over 4 years. He claims the returns on this programme could be as large as 700 million pounds a year, in ten years’ time. He says private householders and industry could make the same gains by starting to conserve energy now. He also discusses car drivers, and the re-design of engines. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White).

Contributors

Vivian White?; Tony Benn

Keywords

Government; Labour Party; Economics; Cars; Fuels; Investment; Energy conservation; Houses; Engines

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