Steven Chu: “If the world continues to use coal the way we are using it today... then it is a pretty bad dream.”

I think domestic production should be part of a coherent plan going forward in what we need to do with our transportation fuel.

This budget helps reduce our reliance on oil by developing the next generation of home grown bio fuels and by accelerating electric vehicle research, development, and deployment.

The government does not need to pick favorites.

If we can develop this technology in the United States and build these reactors with American workers, we will have a key competitive edge.