This is troubling:

"Worried about radioactivity? Coal's still your bogeyman. Dr. Chu says a typical coal plant emits 100 times more radiation than a nuclear plant, given the flyash emissions of radioactive particles." 

Here chu repeats a tired old nuclear industry talking point, and glaring false dilemna fallacy.  The choice is not between nuclear contamination and coal radiation, it is between distributed smart grid renewable energy and fossil/nuclear central power grid corporate monopoly.

Chu also supports cellulosic ethanol, another earth destroying form of gas guzzling.  Are we being hyper-critical of Chu?

We are used to 8 years of total disaster with graduates of Pat Robertson University (or a near graduate in the case of the 24 year old who censored Hansen at NASA) taking over top level government positions.  

Maybe his supporters are right, Chu could see the light?

He's no creationist!  At least let's hope not, will that be the next shoe to drop (fly)?  Hehey.

After Chu repeated that lame old false dilemna fallacy talking point, coal radiation versus nuclear radiation, I guess it's possible?