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 Replies[quote] Cleaner, renewable energy won't take off until these old Industries are finally dead. We shouldn't keep them artificially afloat. [/quote] Oh the irony, renewable energy isn't taking off anytime soon because it's not as economically competitive as current conventional forms of energy including coal. Wind, solar, geothermal, ethanol and hydro are all artificially kept afloat and still arent as cost effective, reliable and scalable.