Check out George Whitesides' energy forum talk. this is something money can't buy.
http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=12356&DID=203801

the problem we face is very serious and everyone needs to work together on this...otherwise the world as we know it now will be gone. lack of water, lack of energy will cause conflicts...it may as well be the end of the world. am i dramatizing it too much? well, maybe. i hope i am.

anyway, we've got work to do!