10 Things You Didn't Know About Steven Chu

Mr chu wind power plan, is good, there still laid one problem as the population grown and global change, global warming their is possibility weather shift, where high winds areas can change doping to low winds, My believe is emission should be filter under ground and that spread of land use for a government agriculture development program and emission will be filter and separated natural by the earth itself while fertilizing soil and being clean by plants also raising the food supply bring down the cost for food, producing a higher supply of healthy food making healthier people cutting down health cost while opening up more business farming gowning more towns, lets start rebuilding skills and craft in our society stringing our country in more than one way

part2 to my plan implement solar power to all new roof build ed by with solar panels make all home roofs receiver of solar energy then pay home owner for what ever extra power we can store from each home owner which cut our energy cost the extra money with rebuild the economy its like free money it will be spend by home owners in maintenance of solar panels causing home owner to use less energy so they can sell more back to the government that money will come back in taxes we loss nothing, in 50 years i see America surplus of money raising in manufacturing of solar power more research in solar power less green house gases that's just my idea

Jason HULL of GA 2:31PM November 24, 2009

Dr Chu knows the task; eliminate 80% of US carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Then he mentions the need for and value of research and the global problems of carbon cap and trade. He understands the problem of electrical power grid construction; political and gaining the approvals for routing transmissions lines, etc. Dr Chu doesn't mention the fact of world oil production peaking in 2005 and the future lack of supply and high economically unsupportable cost.

Implementation of existing technology is the answer, not science. It takes 500,000 3.6 megawatt wind turbines to replace all of the imported oil with hydrogen gas fuel electrolyzed from water as motor fuel. This is 25% of US energy/fuel use. These turbines distributed on some of the 2 million square miles of windy region in the US with proper grid will be on line at rated power 24/7 and power US transportation replacing all oil based fuels and carbon free power for plug in electrical vehicles.

This is a huge economic stimulus program that costs the taxpayers nothing; wind power is the cheapest of all generating methods now. Government subsidizes power production to accelerate start-up, builds grid that is paid for by transfer charges, and coordinates wind farm layouts and royalties for turbines and grid lines with landowners. Government writes federal law since this is an interstate system that includes that renewable energy gets sold first. Investor companies, including individuals, coal and oil companies fund the construction. Oil companies are sitting on $400 BILLION now. BP, British Petroleum, and others are active now at industrial scale in wind and solar renewable power.

Getting this done is 10-years is required because of oil supply limitation and will require a war-time like industrial emergency activity. The industrial capacity built will then be able to replace the rest of US energy production currently using fossil fuels, includes uranium, in the next 30 years.

3.6 megawatt wind turbines are in series production now and are being installed all over the world by a large number of big companies including GE, Vestas, and Siemans. Production and installation rate has to be increased 100 fold now. This is a major 40-year duration industrial jobs program that produces a reliable, low cost energy that will greatly expand US economic potential, is atmospherically non-contaminating, uses little land, no agricultural resources and frees the US of dependence on imported oil. This is an energy system that requires no motor transport, uses no fuel, has no ash or radioactive waste, and requires little system operating labor.

No research is required, only implementation that will inspire system development as is always the case where high production efficiency is the objective.

There isn't much time---

John Baird of AZ 7:00PM March 22, 2009

Would you please elaborate on your comment that Salazar will be his greatest challenge????

DAN of UT 8:38AM March 17, 2009

Dr Chu is a Rose in Bloom, The good Doctor has what it takes to make a difference in our out dated approach to new technology.I see his greattest challange, will be the New Director of The Interier.Dr. Cho needs to align himself with the resource developers, for with out the resource, energey can not be fueled. A good start would be The Alaska Resource Commision. Alaska sits on sufficient resources to fuel American needs and for all you Americans that are apposed to coal, gas and oil development, shame on you. Coal and oil are facts of life at least for the next 50 years. Alaska uses MHD technology and it works. The U of F operates just such a plant with next to O emmision. Dr. Chu knows this technology. Good clean Energy sources can be gained from this type of development technology.

Lets energize America.

BC Wink of AZ 12:44PM February 08, 2009