Atom Smasher 1: Whiners 0

All of you hoping that technology will continue to be the savior of the human race -- Behold. I give you the artificial leaf. 

If you've finished marvelling, I remember something my esteemed co-blogger once said when irked by some whining about the depletion of the Amazon rainforest. "Fuck it. If we wanted to, we could just build another one." 

I know this artificial leaf doesn't create oxygen, but I suspect that's just a matter of time.