Pick up the June 25 Rolling Stone magazine (the one with Adam Lambert on the cover) to read about Steven Chu. Chu is a Nobel Prize in Physics winner and was picked as President Obama's Secretary of Energy back in January.
Here are some of his goals:
1) Smarter Buildings: He believes it is possible to cut energy consumption in buildings by a whopping 80%!
2) Better Biofuels: Chu wants to change our fuel to perennial grasses which packs double the energy content of corn.
3) Thinner Solar: He hopes to cover less than one precent of the Earth's deserts with thinner solar panels. This would supply the world's entire demand for electricity without producing a single ton of CO2.!
4) Living Batteries: As the technology becomes more advanced, batteries are becoming more stable and efficient.
5) Captured Carbon: Using genetically engineered bacteria, Chu hopes to capture CO2 from coal plants.
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