Nuclear energy provided the least expensive and most beneficial form of energy. Unfortunately two major events in the United States affected the opinions of americans towards nuclear energy. Close to Niagra Falls, many residents of Love Canal became violently and deathly ill. Also, trees were blacking the air was growing fouler and many babies were born with defects. Likewise, the town of Love Canal was built on top of the nuclear waste of DOW Chemicals, which released dangerous radiation into the air. Accordingly, the federal government declared a state of emergency and urged residents to relocate. Further decrease the support of nuclear energy the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared that there could be thousands of Love Canals all over the United States.
             Finally, the overheated core of a nuclear power plant located at Three Mile Island close to Harrisburg in March of 1979 caused a hundred thousand people to leave their homes. Due to the incident, Three Mile Island remains permanently disabled. Resulting from the nuclear incidents, Carter's programs for energy lost support and were abandoned. Furthermore, 60 % of land in the Southwestern United States was put under federal control to protect the environment. Inevitably, the federal control of 450 million acres of land hurt the United States economy even more.
             Unfortunately, Americans were hypocritical in their reactions to the energy crisis. Firstly, Americans generally complain about everything that upsets the "balance of their lives". The energy crisis was not exempt form suc
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