Excellent, idea-rich roundtable interview with Martin Hoffert of NYU and Amy Myers Jaffe of Rice University on possible approaches for the next administration to get serious about transforming the entire energy system of the U.S.

NPR Science Friday (originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2008) … listen here:www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200809262

These are two experts with a command of literally all the best technology ideas making the rounds, but they are speaking on the political dimension, as well. They both compare the scale of effort that’s needed to the Apollo space program and the national war effort of the World War II era. (Senator Obama has been using Apollo language on the campaign trail recently, as well.)