Re: [Phys-L] article about Steve Chu and ARPA-E

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2012, Sep 10, , at 07:41, John Denker wrote:

> In case you ever want examples of interesting things that physicists do 
> when they are not in the classroom:  The Atlantic has an article on what 
> Steve Chu has been up to at the Department of Energy.


I sub., but not yet read.  However, I did read (possibly care2 ***) that he, et alii,  have been sidelined WRT global warming, i.e. no mention in the recent speechifying.

bc listened intermittently only.



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> > After receiving an unprecedented surge in funding for renewable
> > energy courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chu
> > set to work hiring big names from the nation's top research
> > laboratories, in order to staff a new agency called ARPA-E, modeled
> > after DARPA, the R&D wing of the Pentagon. In just three years,
> > ARPA-E has made more than 180 investments in basic research projects
> > in renewable energy, and that's in addition to grants issued by the
> > Department of Energy proper,
>
> The whole article is at:
>  http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/amid-partisan-bickering-everyone-agrees-arpa-e-is-a-fascinating-experiment/261905/
>
> Background info:
>  http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/chu-autobio.html
>  http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1079
>
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