Perhaps the powers that be should take a look at China. Maybe 80 to 90% of academic papers relating to the energy industry are being published there.
UK used to be a world leader in said industry, until we privatised it.
Obviously innovation is more than academic papers being spammed out, but it's one possible measure of many. There'a a reason we have to import equipment for most jobs in the energy sector today.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
