Check out
this article about the possibilities of generating hydrogen from garbage. Imagine that, researchers independently pursuing a potential alternative energy source and private companies are interested in investing in their research.
What?!? You mean we could end our fossil fuel dependence without a government boondoggle along the lines of Bush's Dept. of Homeland Security or Hillary's trillion-dollar health care proposal?
I guess Adam Smith wasn't a complete idiot...
PS: The image above is a small version of the first HD image of the earth, taken by JAXA (the Japanese space agency). See more pics
here.