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DrumBeat: July 2, 2009

Posted on July 02, 2009

The alternative choice - Steven Chu wants to save the world by transforming its largest industry: energyWHETHER Steven Chu, America s energy secretary, would be flattered or horrified by the comparison is unclear, but he and Margaret Thatcher have something important in common. They are both scientists who have risen to political power. That Mr Chu has a Nobel prize for physics, whereas Lady Thatcher swiftly abandoned chemistry for the more lucrative pastures of the law, does not make the comparison unfair. What matters is that both of them understand something that some politicians from sof...

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