Environment & Energy

Read by the author, and I've listened to it several times, but I don't remember this being mentioned, though it's been awhile - and he does go into detail about his entire life. Too many dismiss him as a peanut farmer, but he only took over the family business when his father died. He was a graduate of Annapolis and had a brilliant career in the Navy - and is a nuclear physicist. And I certainly remember him installing solar panels in the White House - which Reagan trashed.

And I definitely remember his advocating saving energy since my Dad espoused the same thing. The president set an example which he hoped that Americans would emulate - and if only he'd been elected to a second term he could have done so much more good, and not only regarding energy savings.

As for Gerald Ford, he was a really good guy. Previously, new presidents often called on their predecessors for help and advice - regardless of party, it's pretty exclusive club. LBJ called on Eisenhower and when Carter was elected there were only Ford and Nixon. Nixon wasn't all that interested, but Ford had served in Congress while Carter had been governor, so the two former opponents worked together a lot, he advised Carter on how to deal with Congress. And they did become real friends, as did their families. And one of the last times that they spoke, Gerald Ford called Jimmy Carter and asked him to deliver his eulogy - which he did for his friend.