to meet the real needs, while at the comparative level, the R&D funding in clean technology is small compared to other sectors of the economy. The world’s biggest R&D spender, the US, for example, invests roughly 3% of GDP in R&D, while only 10% of that is in the energy sector. By contrast, R&D investments in the medical and biotechnology field are approximately 15% of sales, almost a staggering 40 times more than in the energy field. Hence, the urgency for energy R&D funding is irresistibly high.