Encouraging word heard
Some surprisingly encouraging words on coal and nuclear power from Stephen Chu, President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for energy secretary. Chu is known as a big renewable energies guy, but at his confirmation hearing this week he emphasized the need to use available resources like coal and nuclear — heretofore absolutely shunned by the green-energy types who’re likely to drive policy during the Obama administration. Chu said federal loan programs should be used to jump-start the nuclear industry and that the U.S. shouldn’t abandon coal while it searches for ways to make use of it cleaner. Time will tell whether that’s Chu’s true heart or just a bid for brownie points in the confirmation process.
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