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...wanted to leave behind something more than scientific articles,” Chu said. “I wanted to teach and give birth to my own set of scientific children...
...Nobel laureate in physics and former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been charged with an even greater calling. As the nation’s 12th secretary of energy, Chu has committed himself to battling climate change by reducing the nation's dependence on fossil fuels, lowering carbon emissions, and finding immediate savings in energy efficiency—not merely “low-hanging fruit,” but “fruit lying on the ground,” whose simple implementation could radically conserve resources, he said...
...severity of the crisis apparent to Chu, the dilemma of climate change resides in the idea of “generational responsibility,” in which individuals primarily worry about the welfare of their immediate families. Chu expressed concern that some would not invest themselves in the crusade against a crisis whose consequences will not be realized for at least another hundred years...
...Obama administration is laying a new foundation for a prosperous and sustainable energy future, but we don’t have all the answers,” Chu said, calling Obama’s message one of optimism. “That’s where you come...
...Chu urged graduates to channel their respective areas of expertise—may they be the hard sciences or the humanities—into exposing the urgency of the global crisis at hand and actively working to diminish its repercussions...