Convertint to a peacetime economy / Robert Bowman.

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Convertint to a peacetime economy / Robert Bowman.
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KZ1839
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Dr. Robert Bowman of California Technical Institute (Cal Tec) argues that $200 billion a year should be moved from the Pentagon budget to help retool the United States economy. He calls for utilizing former military and aerospace employees for civilian technology to address issues such as: new energy efficient mass transit programs; hydrogen fuel for cars, solar power retrofitting, automated highways, and magnetic vehicles. He also calls for civilian training to create computer literacy, since 20% of the country is non-literate. He concludes by pointing to the $10 tillion waste in the military since World War II, and the betrayal of American technology to foreign manufacture.|DONVERTINT TO A PEACETIME ECONOMY / Robert Bowman. - SERIES: The Wizard - Dr. Robert Bowman of California Technical Institute (Cal Tec) argues that $200 billion a year should be moved from the Pentagon budget to help retool the United States economy. He calls for utilizing former military and aerospace employees for civilian technology to address issues such as: new energy efficient mass transit programs| hydrogen fuel for cars, solar power retrofitting, automated highways, and magnetic vehicles. He also calls for civilian training to create computer literacy, since 20% of the country is non-literate. He concludes by pointing to the $10 tillion waste in the military since World War II, and the betrayal of American technology to foreign manufacture. RECORDED: KPFK, 13 Feb. 1992.

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KPFK, 13 Feb. 1992.
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1 reel (30 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|30:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1992.
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