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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu encouraged Cincinnati State graduates to follow their dreams – and do their part to help the planet – as they go out into the world.

“Deeply rooted in all cultures is a sense of generational responsibility,’’ said Dr. Chu, a co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics.

And one of the big responsibilities that this generation faces, he said, is using energy wisely and taking other steps to help combat global warming.

“Beyond any reasonable doubt, the climate is changing,’’ Chu said, noting studies which show there is at least a 50-50 chance that average global temperatures will rise by as much as 9 degrees by the end of the century. That, he said, will lead to more severe weather in the Midwest, notably periods of heavy rain and flooding followed by summers with periods of severe drought.

“We have two choices," Chu asserted. "We can close our eyes and pretend it isn't happening, or we can realize the new reality and seize the opportunity.’’

That opportunity, he said, includes a new industrial revolution built around green energy. The trick, he told the audience, is to learn the skill that hockey great Wayne Gretzky mastered -- skate to where the puck is going instead of focusing on where it happens to be at the moment.  Read more

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