9. alternative exists, natural or synthetic gas will be barred as boiler fuels and channeled into direct use for space heating and residential needs. A higher percentage of our energy needs will be supplied by electricity and coal and uranium will be used primarily for this purpose. Liquid fuels will be channeled to transportation uses where solid fuels cannot be utilized. The energy situation can only be solved if the production of coal and uranium is increased very sharply. Coal has a critical and obvious role to play. The coal is there. It is a versatile raw material which with advancing technologies can be utilized directly as a fuel and also to supply synthetic gas and synthetic crude as a substitute for imported oil. Nuclear energy must supply a greater share of our electrical output and the production of uranium must rise and rise very rapidly to meet the accelerating demand. Unlike coal much of the uranium that will be required is yet to be discovered but the geological prospects are good. The breeder reactor and ultimately the fusion process are promising long-range solutions to much of our energy needs and will be pursued as research projects of high priority. The mining industry will be challenged to produce the coal and uranium required, and this will necessitate heavy investment in new facilities as well as a substantial recruitment and training of the necessary manpower. There will also be significant changes on the economic side because such changes are absolutely essential to stimulate domestic discovery and development. The price of new supplies of natural gas will be allowed to reach its true value in the market place. The prices for other domestic fuels will rise to induce supply, to cover the increased cost of discovery and development of new mineral resources, and to put the natural resources industries in a financial position that will permit them to raise the massive amounts of capital that will be required. Other incentives - direct and indirect - will stimulate the development