what's that well worn phrase about assumptions?
You're going to make an a$$ out of you and .... well, in this case, just out of you.
Obama and Chu have a solid "all of the above" energy policy, with almost 4 years of consistent policy positions behind it.
The point here is that, unlike the nonsense being pushed by Nelder, both the Obama administration and the American people strongly support drilling and fracking.
Of course, what Chu was perhaps getting at it is some form of carbon pricing. This isn't the same thing as being against drilling and fracking. Ohio's governor Kaisch is a good example of a pro-drilling, pro-taxes-on-drilling. Part of the carbon pricing idea is that you actually raise money, which requires, you know, fossil fuel extraction and usage. And the key part of carbon pricing is that it would hit coal the hardest (at least traditional coal mining - coal gasification wouldn't fare too badly).
At any rate, I'm not sure how much reality can be absorbed be someone who reads deep policy beliefs into an off-the-cuff remark by a Berkely professor.
