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Related: About this forumRick Perry, a Very Different Kind of Energy Secretary
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603129/rick-perry-a-very-different-kind-of-energy-secretary/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Rick Perry, a Very Different Kind of Energy Secretary[/font]
[font size=4]Hes a climate denier who has called for the end of the Department of Energybut he also helped Texas become a renewable-energy powerhouse.[/font]
by Jamie Condliffe | December 13, 2016
[font size=3]Donald Trump wants Rick Perry to become his secretary of energy. So what qualifies the ex-governor of Texas for a job thats recently been filled by prominent academics?
For Perry to head up the Department of Energy would be ironic given that he famously forgot its name during a debate in 2011 when he was asked about his calls to scrap the agency entirely. The department has a wide-ranging remit, tasked with maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, dealing with nuclear waste cleanup, and handling a wide range of energy research programs.
No surprise, then, that the position has most recently been held by intellectual heavyweightsthe Stanford University physicist and Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu from 2009 to 2013, and, most recently, the former MIT nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz. Before that, under George W. Bushs presidency, the position was held by Samuel Bodman, who had a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT.
Bloomberg reports that Jay Martin Cohen, who studied marine engineering at MIT and served as a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, is slated to be Perrys undersecretary for nuclear security. So thats that covered. But Perrys stance on the environment and energy research is unclear. While he doesnt have a history of working in the oil industry, unlike many Texan governors of the past, his policies have certainly supported the extraction of fossil fuels.
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[font size=4]Hes a climate denier who has called for the end of the Department of Energybut he also helped Texas become a renewable-energy powerhouse.[/font]
by Jamie Condliffe | December 13, 2016
[font size=3]Donald Trump wants Rick Perry to become his secretary of energy. So what qualifies the ex-governor of Texas for a job thats recently been filled by prominent academics?
For Perry to head up the Department of Energy would be ironic given that he famously forgot its name during a debate in 2011 when he was asked about his calls to scrap the agency entirely. The department has a wide-ranging remit, tasked with maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, dealing with nuclear waste cleanup, and handling a wide range of energy research programs.
No surprise, then, that the position has most recently been held by intellectual heavyweightsthe Stanford University physicist and Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu from 2009 to 2013, and, most recently, the former MIT nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz. Before that, under George W. Bushs presidency, the position was held by Samuel Bodman, who had a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT.
Bloomberg reports that Jay Martin Cohen, who studied marine engineering at MIT and served as a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, is slated to be Perrys undersecretary for nuclear security. So thats that covered. But Perrys stance on the environment and energy research is unclear. While he doesnt have a history of working in the oil industry, unlike many Texan governors of the past, his policies have certainly supported the extraction of fossil fuels.
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Rick Perry, a Very Different Kind of Energy Secretary (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Dec 2016
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Gothmog
(143,998 posts)1. Gov. Goodhair is dumb as rocks
walkingman
(7,505 posts)2. Good Lord
Will this ignorant bastard ever just go away? A total embarrassment to the State of Texas. Amazingly he is the longest serving Gov. in Texas history. What does that say about the voters of Texas?
Blue Shoes
(220 posts)3. Some parts of this are wrong
But Perrys stance on the environment and energy research is unclear. While he doesnt have a history of working in the oil industry, unlike many Texan governors of the past, his policies have certainly supported the extraction of fossil fuels.
His stance is extremely clear. He obviously won't invest in climate research or renewables.