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“The biggest gains, in terms of decreasing the country's energy bill, the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere, and our dependency on foreign oil, will come from energy efficiency and conservation in the next 20 years. Make no doubt about it. That's where everybody who has really thought about the problem thinks the biggest gains can be and should be.”

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Steven Chu
Steven Chu

Steven Chu (born February 28, 1948) is an American physicist and former U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-2013). He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for his pioneering work on laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Chu has held professorships at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, and served as director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research spans atomic physics, biophysics, and renewable energy. As Energy Secretary, he advanced clean energy technologies and climate change policies. Chu is a prominent figure in science and public policy, advocating for scientific education and sustainability. more

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