This all goes back to the fact that fossil fuels are too cheap. Their cost doesn't reflect the lifetime cost of extraction + dealing with the carbon. Much like

This all goes back to the fact that fossil fuels are too cheap. Their cost doesn't reflect the lifetime cost of extraction + dealing with the carbon. Much like the hidden cost of nuclear is in dealing with the waste. The only viable solution I can see is a carbon tax at source. If we taxed fossil fuel extraction and carbon intensive imports from countries which didn't tax fossil fuels, we would create the market conditions needed for green technology.