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

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

To promote economic growth and strengthen national security, President Obama has called for an all of the above strategy that develops every source of American energy.

As the President and I have said, there is no silver bullet, but we can and must pursue a serious, long-term, all-of-the-above approach.

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