I can supply a specific, real-world example of this in action. There was a "green business" conference at our University town, with many MBA and entrepreneurial

I can supply a specific, real-world example of this in action. There was a "green business" conference at our University town, with many MBA and entrepreneurial sort of people attending -- an auditorium with panel discussion, maybe about 300 persons with six or eight speakers from large companies active in the area. A person from PG&E (the power company here) a calm and well-spoken woman executive, maybe from a sports background? spoke multiple times about PG&E plans.. every. single. item. discussed by this PG&E exec was at a minimum of ten years away.. many of the replies, it was more years.. so many ways of saying "we are moving towards this" ... and "integrating these systems" .. and "new regulations in progress now" .. etc within six months, the explosion and fire in San Bruno, California [0] and subsequent investigation, showed that PG&E had falsified inspection documents to avoid detecting existing pipeline maintenance, because of course it costs money to fix pipelines. The executive was repeatedly asked about what to do now, and repeatedly every answer was at least ten years away for "reasons". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion