Steven Chu

“The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need, more are being developed.”

“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.”

“Somehow we have to get the sober message to the people that we have got to change our ways of doing things or we're going to be in deep trouble.”

“Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.”

“Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's precise, predictive and reliable.”

“It's an inconvenient truth that we don't solve anything, in the long run, by refusing to look at the evidence.”

“In the last 40 years, the amount of energy savings is equivalent to a new source of energy.”

“We are going to have to be more efficient in the way we use energy.”

“The true value of science is the investment in our future.”

“The U.S. has to lead. The U.S. is the technology leader. When we do things, people notice.”

“Don't be a spectator. Get in the game. It's your future.”

“I'm a physicist, and we look for symmetries.”

“How do you convince people to change their ways? You have to find a way to make it easy for them.”

“For the last 15 years, I've been a scientist in private pursuit of my own curiosity.”