Dumping all .gov support for pure research is not exactly the smartest solution for solutions to future energy efficiencies. Somewhere in the past pure research with the aid of .gov has probably provided the means for us to currently be posting our thoughts on this very Medium application. Eventually research can provide applied applications in the energy field and elsewhere.

In huge industries like the fossil fuel industry many chemical engineers probably didn't gain most of their knowledge making soda, vinegar, soap, and water volcanoes in their garages, though probably they learned their high tech trade at higher edu research college and university labs, many times mostly funded by taxpayers or .gov revenues.