Pensieri di un lunatico minore

Planning for the future

I give you, your new Secretary of Energy: Nobel Lauriet Dr. Steven Chu

Imagine, someone who understands science (and specifically physics) running the Department of Energy. Some have pointed out that he doesn’t have much (any?) experience in nuclear weaponry—the main focus of DOE—I would observe that most who do have that experience know nothing else in any depth because of the limitations DOE places on security clearances. I’m quite sure that someone who has managed to win the Nobel Prize for Physics can manage to grasp what needs to be grasped about that aspect of the work.

The future, however, is in solving our energy dependency, not in blowing more people up in spectacularly impractical ways.