Nobel Prize Winning Physicist to lead Energy Department

3 Responses to Nobel Prize Winning Physicist to lead Energy Department

1. Lingyai says:

   December 11, 2008 at 2:06 pm

   It is nice to see a NON politician and have and actual expert in a gov’t position.
2. jaehwan says:

   December 11, 2008 at 3:54 pm

   Plus, he’s an expert in climate change. I just found an awesome Times article here.

   Dr. Chu will be taking on one of the most challenging jobs in government at the Department of Energy. He will be responsible for the maintenance and development of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, as well as for modernizing the nation’s electrical power delivery system.

   He will also play a central role in directing the research and development of alternative energy sources needed to replace fossil fuels in a era of constrained carbon emissions. Mr. Chu shared a Nobel Prize in physics in 1997 for work on supercooled atoms.

   At the Lawrence Berkeley laboratory, he has sponsored research into biofuels and solar energy and has been a strong advocate of controlling greenhouse gas emissions.
3. mama nabi says:

   December 11, 2008 at 7:09 pm

   Thank goodness. The way funding for science was slashed and unsupported for the last several years has made a huge negative impact in so many way – I am glad to see that there will be a new administration that is not afraid of the possibility of a round earth.