Your examples just show our political system is corrupted by big money, it's not about tech and vaporware. -Cars have power due to historical considerations: c

Your examples just show our political system is corrupted by big money, it's not about tech and vaporware. -Cars have power due to historical considerations: car lobbyists and rich car owners getting their environments designed for their own car-use. -Hyperloop has almost nothing to do with high speed rail failing in the USA, it is a brand new concept and there were decades of destruction of trains by the auto industry and by the US's poor geographic make-up for trains. -Carbon capture is just a fake-out by fossil fuel industry, there is no economic potential for CCS. Carbon taxes can't even pass in liberal WA in two referanda. Carbon taxes are simply extremely unpalatable, due to massive fossil-fuel lobbying against them and to subsidize fossil fuels. Therefore, most Americans are ignorant of just how much their fossil-fuel habits truly cost, since their other taxes and politicians ensure they are cheap and readily available with no taxation. Big moneyed interests have mortgaged our planet's future to keep gas at $2.50/gallon.