Steven Chu Resigns Energy Secretary Post

Those outside the U.S. may not be aware of the spate of cabinet members of the Obama Administration who are resigning their posts.  I don’t know exactly what to make of this, and I most certainly don’t believe the reasons they provide to the press.  Here goes Steven Chu, leaving the post of Energy Secretary, ostensibly resigning because he has a hankering to return to academia.  Sure, Steven. 

In any case, I’m saddened to hear this, not because this administration has done what I hoped it would vis-à-vis energy, but because it certainly represented a quantum improvement over its predecessor, and it seemed to understand, for the first time since the days of Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, the importance of considering the environmental impact of our energy consumption.   

For those with even the remotest concerns about climate change, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, lung damage, wars fought over oil, etc. – consider for a moment where we’d be now if Romney had won the presidency.