You're definitely right, but I think government should be taking more risk.. It's hard to fight off the 'Solyndra!' shouts when something goes wrong, and costs

You're definitely right, but I think government should be taking more risk.. It's hard to fight off the 'Solyndra!' shouts when something goes wrong, and costs are hard to quantify when things go right (what's the $ return of all the USGov's investments in the early internet?) but braver politicians could pull it off and we'd all be better for it.