I suspect it's inertia, and it's gradually disappearing. Where I live proposals for projects like these are becoming almost common now: https://infrastructure

I suspect it's inertia, and it's gradually disappearing. Where I live proposals for projects like these are becoming almost common now: https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/central-queensland-hydrogen-project https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/central-queenslan... https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/exporting-solar-energy-under-the-sea-a-potential-world-first-for-australian-technology https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/exporting-... But go back 5 years or even 2 years, and the only exported energy projects bring proposed were gas fracking and coal mines. My, how times have changed.