$1.5 Billion

Amount of money ExxonMobil made in two weeks during the fourth quarter of 2008. [1]



$1.5 Billion

Amount US government spends a year on renewable energy research. [2]



[1] http://www.desmogblog.com/gas-prices-up-globe-still-warming-and-exxonmobil-earnings-soar

[2] http://www.energy.gov/about/budget.htm