Some of the important initiatives to emerge from Project Independence included lowering highway speeds to , converting oil power plants to coal , completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and diverting federal funds from highway construction to mass transit . Despite these initiatives , Project Independence failed to prevent the increase in American oil consumption after the 1973-74 embargo ; its dependence on foreign suppliers rose from 36 % to almost 50 % in 1979 , when questions of nuclear energy safety arose domestically , and the next energy crisis emerged overseas
questions of nuclear energy safety
Three Mile Island accident
Project Independence