Exxon Profits vs. Renewable Energy Funding

$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