Monday, November 29, 2010

Will we face "our Sputnik moment"?

by A Siegel

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu just finished a speech at the National Press Club entitled: Is the Energy Race our new "Sputnik" moment?

Chu outlined ways in which the United States either has already ceded or is ceding leadership when it comes to clean energy -- in technology, manufacturing, and deployment.

Secretary Chu seeks to lay out a call to arms, as it may be, for Americans (and, more importantly, the political elite) to recognize that we either decide to invest for the long term in clean energy innovation or we risk abandoning future prosperity to others.



continued at Daily Kos....