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| Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Dec. 11 2008,09:07) | Obama just appointed this man to be the head of the Department of Energy.
He appears not to be an oil company lobbyist, from what I can tell. Maybe just maybe the Republican War on Science will be on hold for at least 4-8 years? |
I have met Stephen Chu and heard him speak. He is a passionate advocate for using science and technology to address global warming's causes and effects. He has worked tirelessly to jump start alternative energy programs at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He is a terrific choice for this post, and the idea that he will have the ear of the President of this nation is thrilling, satisfying, and reassuring. No longer will we have college drop-outs telling NASA senior scientists what they can publish.
Elections really do matter.
By the way, check out this comment on the New York Times' first tiny mention of this news last night:
| Quote | | If Obama is truly serious about being bipartisan, why doesn’t he choose Sarah Palin as energy czar? Everyone agrees she’s an energy expert. I’m sure she knows more than Chu or Browner, and she certainly has more experience than Chu. |
Yikes! Actually, she almost surely does have more experience with, say, petroleum markets than does Chu, but she ain't no energy expert, and her vision is not where we need to go.
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