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OB, wasn't intended to be a left vs right comment and i didn't mention any particular political party.

my 1st point was 1. intended as a pun and 2. most materials science research does have a very direct industrial linkage and therefore should not require heavy gov't support. The citizens can and do benefit if industry supports the work. I've worked with a lot materials scientists and even those in academia were heavily supported by industry. My employer is a large financial supporter of materials science research at MIT amongst other universities.

Some folks seem to have an automatic response that gov't is the preferred provider of scientific research and funding for research. That's obviously not true in pharmaceutical development so why should it be in materials science?

The Solyndra comment was merely a reminder that the US gov't was supporting an already obsolete technology which supports my argument that the US gov't is not always the best place to bet your scientific research dollars.