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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's pick to solve the energy crisis

How's this for change? Steven Chu, an actual physicist who wants to stop climate change and revolutionize solar power, gets the nod as energy secretary.

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  • Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:09 AM

    "solve" is perhaps a bit premature?

    Maybe "manage" is a better word. Or more accurately "address".

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