His grant writers certainly used every “green” buzzword to beg for tax dollars.
People think that this is going to be some lind of gold mine. I read that National Semiconductor’s gold consumption in the 70’s and 80’s (when NS was NS) was about 12 troy ounces, or about a pound. I have equipment made by HP in the 70’s (still works, of course) where the entire PCB was plated in gold. Those days are LONG gone except maybe for the military.