Comment on DOE Chief: U.S. Is in Trouble Without More Energy R&D; by Ucilia Wang

I agree that there is a great need to deploy promising technologies, and the cash grant and loan guarantee programs are helping some of these technologies to reach the mass market. I believe Chu was talking about committing long-term policies to invest in R&D.; He noted that the U.S. is still a leader in innovation, so, like you said, there is an enormous amount of great R&D; going on still. But China is able to move aggressively with demonstration and deployment because it's got long-term plans and money to accelerate R&D; to reach demo/deployment more quickly. To keep up, we, too, need to commit more money, or else we'll be outpaced.

Comment on DOE Chief: U.S. Is in Trouble Without More Energy R&D; by Ucilia Wang

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Comment on DOE Chief: U.S. Is in Trouble Without More Energy R&D; by Ed Hands

Energy and food are the keys to the future. Those that control those two items will truly be in charge of their destiny. Chu has hit the nail on the head. I hope our leaders (on both sides) will be able to see through the politics and realize the importance of this to our future.

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