Malaise Speech Questions

What the real threat to America was, according to Carter, and if that threat is still with us today?

What Carter thought was the real threat was that people were becoming too materialistic and that it would lead to destruction later on. This is still a threat today because people are still very materialistic instead of being focused on values like the way America used to be.

Summary of what Carter said about American society, and an analysis of America today against his critique.

Carter basically stated that America has become a materialistic society that cares more about material goods and themselves then about each other and their needs. With the way things were then and the way things are today with the economy, I would have to say that he was right then and unfortunately things have not changed that much in the respect.

How did these plans differ, and how are they alike? How do their plans reveal what they think the problem really is?

These plans differ in the way that the one that Carter had was more about energy conservation then it was about changing the way energy is produced, unlike the Obama plan where he plans on changing things by making more hybrid cars and building solar electric plants to cut down on fuel consumption. However, these plans, are also alike because they both focus on limiting America's dependence on foreign oil.