Three main planks of his platform were a call for a constitutional convention to ratify the Balanced Budget Amendment ; a promise to increase funds for the space program as a " first step in bringing us toward a solar-powered space satellite to provide solar energy for this planet " ; and , in the wake of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident , opposition to nuclear power . On the subject of the 1979 energy crisis , Brown decried the " Faustian bargain " that he claimed Carter had entered into with the oil industry , and declared that he would greatly increase federal funding of research into solar power . He endorsed the idea of mandatory non-military national service for the nation 's youth and suggested that the Defense Department cut back on support troops while beefing up the number of combat troops
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Jerry Brown