Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

The major purposes of the FUA program were: To reduce the importation of petroleum. Increase the nation's use of indigenous energy resources. To conserve natural gas and petroleum and minimize their use as primary energy source. To foster greater use of coal. To encourage the use of synthetic fuels. To reduce the vulnerability of the US to energy-supply interruptions. Source: == Criticism ==

Due to the requirements of coal as one source of fuel for energy power plants, environmentalists expressed the concern about power plants burning more coal without the imposition of stricter sulphur dioxide emission controls, because that this could increase the risk the acid rain. ==References==