Dehmer recounted that, when she served as director of the office's basic energy sciences program from 1995 to 2007, she used to carry a single page of paper listing the program's projected budgets for the coming 10 years. (sciencemag.org)
The plan would provide $ 4.94 billion for the office, boosting programs in basic energy sciences and other areas. (scientificamerican.com)
Obama's approach straddles that divide somewhat, calling for massive deployment efforts as well as more funding of basic energy science by a new agency, ARPA - E. (sciencemag.org)