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Isn't that exactly what government incentives are for? Subsidize the thing you want to see succeed, until it no longer needs subsidizing. Of course, that is th
by pferde 6y ago
Isn't that exactly what government incentives are for? Subsidize the thing you want to see succeed, until it no longer needs subsidizing.
Of course, that is the ideal success scenario, in the failure scenario, you subsidize the thing until it fails, or until you can no longer afford to subsidize it.
EDIT: grammar
- UncleMeat 6y agoOf course. The point is that it is ridiculous to use Tesla as evidence that the free market will solve our problems when 1. Tesla's impact on global emissions is minimal. 2. Government intervention in EVs has been there from the start. The charitable conclusion is that governments and markets can work together. The pessimistic conclusion is that markets are only capable of putting lipstick on pigs.