Why are the famous called 'Stars'?

Today, in one of the news on yahoo about a distant galaxy (about 27 million light years away from Earth) called Pinwheel galaxy, I read the following lines: "The organics, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are dusty, carbon-containing molecules that help in the formation of stars. Scientists also believe this space dust has the potential to be converted into the stuff of life." As per the news account, these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were appearing in diminishing quantities at the outer rims of the galaxy. For more on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, follow the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_aromatic_hydrocarbons

The important part of this news is that this 'Dust' which helps formation of starts can also be converted into 'Stuff of Life'! It implies that we are made up of the same basic stuff which also makes our Sun! Isn't that interesting? Is that why the famous are called 'Stars'?

Open Source Energy

Linus Torvalds brought the open source software movement to the notice of all with his Linux operating system (kernel). From that time (I guess) the open source movement (GPL) really took off and today huge amount of software is available free of cost which is more secure and probably is more user-friendly than proprietary software, since it is developed by users themselves. Firefox browser is one well known example. It is much more rich in features as compared to Internet Explorer. And it is developed by a community of people, working free of cost. This has brought software in the reach of common man. Such software is also, usually, less resource hungry and hence can run on older computer systems as well. In a nutshell, it is very effective and efficient!

Can this same movement be repeated in making new advances in production of energy, which is the biggest crisis the world is facing or will face really soon? Can innovative, knowledgeable minds come together and develop some technology which uses solar power (which I guess is the most reliable source of energy in the "long term") as source of energy to provide for Earth's energy demands? Can we have "Open Source Energy?"