Originally uploaded by jlmoyni at 11 Dec '08, 1.41pm EST PST.

I love our new President-Elect. Obama has announced Steven Chu as his pick for Energy Secretary. Dr. Chu is a nobel prize winning physicist who currently runs Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory.

Chu is a believer in Science (note the capital S), which means that he understands that scientific results are not subject to change based upon either politics or whether certain powerful lobbyist groups (ahem, oil industry) happen to agree with certain findings.

Another reason to be excited about Chu is that he accepts that climate change is real and he is already focused on finding viable solutions. If anyone is going to come up with workable ways for us as a nation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, it's this guy.