webtaz99 wrote: Just to play Devil’s advocate, there is a lot (and I mean a LOT) of money “sitting on the fence”, waiting to see whether it should be invested in coal or other technologies. Coal is (currently) the cheapest, most profitable way to generate power. If the government steps in to change that, more money will flow into the alternatives.
That argument works for rich nations only. For those who can only just afford the cheapest energy available the alternative is no energy at all. That, for many, is what alternative energy means.
