以压裂为例，不是私营部门研究的创意，而是二十年前的研究成果。然而，压裂使石油和天然气的价格崩溃了，并导致了美国的能源独立性。太阳能和风技术是另一个例子。这
(Fracking-to take one example-was not the brainchild of private-sector research but the fruit of research paid for twenty years ago by the DOE. Yet fracking has collapsed the price of oil and gas and led to American energy independence. Solar and wind technologies are another example. The)