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Old 06-01-2018, 04:00 AM   #1918 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
All those billions are not wasted of course. They create jobs and drive industry and economies. Yet - that is just as true when setting up and maintaining renewable energy sources. The jobs may be different, the effect on the economy is the same.
That's not likely. While the market isn't perfect, it's usually more correct than any individual or group's opinion of what is best for the economy. It is more likely that if there was even equal profit to be made in renewables as fossil fuels, that industry would be larger.

The time will come, but it's not here yet, and not due to lack of will, or conspiracy. Tough problems take time. Their solutions are normally found in many evolutions of various technologies; a process that is time consuming.
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