The United States needs a national commitment to become completely energy self-sufficient before 1990. A “Manhattan Project”for food and fuel will meet the 1990 target date. In 1942 the Manhattan Project consisted of four adequately funded projects for the use of fission atomic energy. In 1975 there are three proposals for the use of fusion atomic energy, but only one has been funded in the Manhattan Project manner. If the 1990 target date is to be met, all viable fusion atomic energy proposals must be funded in this manner.