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• John Doerr is uninformed of some important facts. His research comments are spot on and important, to be sure, but carrying them out would not be a big "change." The Bush Administration has invesested heavily in energy R&D -- proposing $4 billion in FY09 alone as versus the $1 billion Mr. Doerr claims. Over the course of his Administration, President Bush has invested much much more in this area than the Clinton-Gore Administration ever did, with an important focus on basic research (breakthroughs) not just more demonstration projects -- a favorite but fruitless DOE course since its creation. President Bush also proposed the American Competitiveness Initiative to fund more basic physical science and engineering research -- to double the budgets of the NSF, DOE Office of Science, and NIST Core over 10 years. Unfortunately the Democratic Congress has refused to fund these increases. Hopefully, President Obama will re-propose such vital basic reseach increases, and now Mrs. Pelosi's and Mr. Ried's Congress will see fit to fund them. In reply to: "John Doerr's advice to Obama: Take Bill Joy"

  November 7, 2008

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