Steven Chu: “The electrification of personal short-range vehicles is one very good way of decreasing our foreign oil dependency.”

We think that research, development, and demonstration of those advanced biofuels is something very much in the interest of the United States.

pound for pound, dollar for dollar, he felt that ARPA-E was the most effective use of government resources he has seen in a long time.

The United States faces a choice: Will we lead in innovation or will we fall behind?

I think many of my Republican colleagues see energy research as an appropriate role for the Federal Government.