but germans, taiwan niece, many others, have advanced fairly rapidly and in many instances more than we. are we in competition? i have to say yes. these industries are characterized by economies of scale and by imperfect industries. typically if aircraft industries or auto industries or capital intensive industries and in those kinds of industries, if you're not keeping up with investment or r and d, typically you're falling behind. that seems to be the trend that the u.s. has found itself in. >> your time is expired but i've got two more that i'd like to hear from, if they will. thank you. mr. holladay or dr. scissors? >> i guess the best way for me to put it is is to describe what mr. smalley said, if you can find the solution to energy, you have the solution to many of the top ten problems that the community faces over the next 50 years. right now it's in the early stages of the life cycle. its bright future is still to company. the technologies coming today are not the technologies in the upcoming years but we'll come to that point. it's going to be a huge market globally. it's c