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'''Steven Chu''' (b. February 28, 1948, St. Louis, [[Missouri]]) is a 1997 Nobel Prize-winning physicist, former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and former [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]. The [[Department of Energy]] is at the center of U.S. efforts to end the U.S.'s dependence on foreign oil, roll back climate change, and create new "green" jobs, using stimulus funds already passed by Congress.

'''Steven Chu''' (born February 28, 1948, St. Louis, [[Missouri]]) is a 1997 Nobel Prize-winning physicist, former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and former [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]. The [[Department of Energy]] is at the center of U.S. efforts to end the U.S.'s dependence on foreign oil, roll back climate change, and create new "green" jobs, using stimulus funds already passed by Congress.

Chu favored nuclear energy and the Department of Energy in January 2010 set up $20 billion in loan guarantees for the nuclear industry in order to shift energy priorities. The environmental left is angry because the older generation of 1960s activists is vehemently opposed to anything nuclear.{{fact}}

Chu favored nuclear energy and the Department of Energy in January 2010 set up $20 billion in loan guarantees for the nuclear industry in order to shift energy priorities. The environmental left is angry because the older generation of 1960s activists is vehemently opposed to anything nuclear.{{fact}}

==Views on Energy and Transportation==

==Views on Energy and Transportation==

* Chu strongly promoted engineering solutions, explaining in April 2009, "We haven't taken full advantage of the technologies that exist today. They haven't been integrated into making smarter buildings that can be 60, 80 percent more energy-efficient than existing buildings."<ref> Zakaria (2009)</ref>

* Chu strongly promoted engineering solutions, explaining in April 2009, "We haven't taken full advantage of the technologies that exist today. They haven't been integrated into making smarter buildings that can be 60, 80 percent more energy-efficient than existing buildings."<ref>Zakaria (2009)</ref>

Chu said, "Coal is my worst nightmare."<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/12/11/steven-chu-coal-is-my-worst-nightmare/</ref> If coal is to stay part of the world’s energy mix, he says, clean-coal technologies must be developed. But he’s not optimistic: "It’s not guaranteed we have a solution for coal," he concluded, given the sheer scope of the challenge of economically storing billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions underground.  Asked how to get off coal he responded:<ref>Zakaria (2009)</ref>

Chu said, "Coal is my worst nightmare."<ref>https://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/12/11/steven-chu-coal-is-my-worst-nightmare/</ref> If coal is to stay part of the world's energy mix, he says, clean-coal technologies must be developed. But he's not optimistic: "It’s not guaranteed we have a solution for coal," he concluded, given the sheer scope of the challenge of economically storing billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions underground.  Asked how to get off coal he responded:<ref>Zakaria (2009)</ref>

:"We can have renewables. We have nuclear power. During the nighttime when there's less demand for electricity, we'll be plugging our cars into these and charging them up so that that nuclear power can be used in a much better way. Storage technology will be incredibly useful and needed as transient renewables become a larger portion of our energy budget."

:"We can have renewables. We have nuclear power. During the nighttime when there's less demand for electricity, we'll be plugging our cars into these and charging them up so that that nuclear power can be used in a much better way. Storage technology will be incredibly useful and needed as transient renewables become a larger portion of our energy budget."

==Secretary of Energy==

==Secretary of Energy==

Chu oversaw the Obama administration's failed green energy efforts. He approved a half-billion dollar loan to now-bankrupt solar energy company [[Solyndra]].<ref>http://voices.yahoo.com/barack-obama-bankrupt-coal-plants-2149160.html</ref> Loans were made to a company called Fisker to build uneconomical cars in Finland.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/car-company-us-loan-builds-cars-finland/story?id=14770875</ref> More of Chu's DOE money ($249 million) was lent to A123, a now-bankrupt battery maker that may be sold to the Chinese.<ref>http://autos.aol.com/article/a123-bankruptcy-obama-doe-loans/</ref>

Chu oversaw the Obama administration's failed green energy efforts. He approved a half-billion dollar loan to now-bankrupt solar energy company [[Solyndra]].<ref>http://voices.yahoo.com/barack-obama-bankrupt-coal-plants-2149160.html</ref> Loans were made to a company called Fisker to build uneconomical cars in Finland.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/car-company-us-loan-builds-cars-finland/story?id=14770875</ref> More of Chu's DOE money ($249 million) was lent to A123, a now-bankrupt battery maker that may be sold to the Chinese.<ref>http://autos.aol.com/article/a123-bankruptcy-obama-doe-loans/</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Zakaria, Fareed. "In the Great Ship Titanic: Nobel physicist Steven Chu is out to revitalize U.S. industry and save the world—if he can." [http://www.newsweek.com/id/193488 ''Newsweek'' Apr 20, 2009]

* Zakaria, Fareed. "In the Great Ship Titanic: Nobel physicist Steven Chu is out to revitalize U.S. industry and save the world—if he can." [http://www.newsweek.com/id/193488 ''Newsweek'' Apr 20, 2009]

==References==

==References==

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