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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2 RepliesIf you cut subsidies for failing companies, green energy would die out practically overnight. The entire industry is held afloat by government loans and subsidies because it simply isn't viable or profitable today.