This is not exactly what many in alternative energy circles had in mind... Dr. Steven Chu of LBNL and Stanford University (Nobel laureate)is apparently the Obama choice for Secretary of Energy.
Chu made following comment on the Mills' and BLP : "It is extremely unlikely that this is real, and I feel sorry for the people who are backing this." I suspect this reflects his sentiments on all of LENR as well. Too bad. To which ignorance, BTW Gene Mallove replied with an out-of-context rewording of one of Robert Park’s many foolish lines (Infinite Energy No.28): "As far as new energy is concerned, a PhD and a Nobel Prize is no inoculation against foot-in-mouth disease, nor a guarantee against uttering foolishness." In Gene's memory, we will probably need to modify that to include the new Chu responsibilities: "As far as new energy is concerned, a PhD and a Nobel Prize, or appointment to Secretary of Energy is no inoculation against foot-in-mouth disease, nor a guarantee against uttering the same kind of foolishness of the ordinary bimbo secretary on her coffee break." Guess that is not exactly Politically Correct in many ways ... but hey, I luv the bovine word-play and if I had a little more time I would try to shoehorn 'Chu' and 'cud' (cudderance ?) in there somehow. Jones
