tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post3072552531627111506..comments2023-12-24T05:04:37.381-05:00Comments on The Train of Thought: A scientist for Energy Secretary?JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-63820219585147859192008-12-12T00:48:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:48:00.000-05:00Yeah! I was so pumped about this, I almost wrote i...Yeah! I was so pumped about this, I almost wrote it up myself. Chu looks totally awesome, and leave it to Obama to give a complex job to <I>someone who is trained to think about complex situations</I>. <BR/><BR/>I particularly enjoyed <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfLaQUD86Mw" REL="nofollow">this youtube video</A>, which includes the fantastic line "And then what happened, miraculously, is that the manufactuerers had to assign the job the engineers instead of the lobbyists, and this [halving of cost while quadrupling of efficiency] is what you get." <BR/><BR/>Pretty much sums up why he should get the job.6.54https://www.blogger.com/profile/16142293932150029874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-41265718696253082652008-12-11T17:39:00.000-05:002008-12-11T17:39:00.000-05:00Actually putting a scientist in charge of somethin...Actually putting a scientist in charge of something political? How elitist...<BR/><BR/>What a revolutionary idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com