Look at something like the coal industry. It's old technology and bad for the environment, but we still pander to states with big coal industry because jobs.
Cleaner, renewable energy won't take off until these old Industries are finally dead. We shouldn't keep them artificially afloat.
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5 RepliesKnocking out a dead business opens up space for others to set up shop and replenish the dying jobs with new ones. Like how any collapse of the coal industry would see many businesses investing jobs in other energy sources. The worst you can do is break even with jobs by killing a dying business.