IHT: Big science role is seen in global warming cure (Steven Chu interview)

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/12/america/12chu.php

Big science role is seen in global warming cure

By John M. Broder and Matthew L. Wald
Thursday, February 12, 2009

WASHINGTON: Steven Chu, the new secretary of energy, said Wednesday that solving the world's energy and environment problems would require Nobel-level breakthroughs in three areas: electric batteries, solar power and the development of new crops that can be turned into fuel.

Chu, a physicist, spoke during a wide-ranging interview in his office, where his own framed Nobel Prize lay flat on a bookcase, a Post-it note indicating where it should be hung on the wall.

He addressed topics that included global warming, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, the use of coal and a proposed repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Chu said a "revolution" in science and technology would be required if the world is to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and curb the emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.

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1. We need a revolution in applying what we know already.