>This is a post hoc argument and a weak one. E.g. fuel injection was not really invented because of regulations. Of course not, the EPA does not set regulation

>This is a post hoc argument and a weak one. E.g. fuel injection was not really invented because of regulations. Of course not, the EPA does not set regulations that require the development of new technology. They benchmark existing technologies, and set the standards at a level that can be met by applying those at a greater rate. Now was fuel injection applied to production vehicles to meet regulations? It would have eventually become ubiquitous either way, but... well the closest thing we have to a control group is the off-road vehicle market. It is still in the process of making the transition to fuel injection.