Science is a thing, technology it's implementation, but actual driver is economy, short-term economy in general. With such a driver no vehicle can go much furth

Science is a thing, technology it's implementation, but actual driver is economy, short-term economy in general. With such a driver no vehicle can go much further. Let's start from a popular topic, ridden with propaganda of various sides, the Green New Deal. In theory we know we can't have more than very little p.v. or wind power because being very quick in output change no other classic power plant can keep the network at the right frequency: the Sun the sun rises, p.v. quickly grow to the peak, loads on classic power plants goes down too fast to adapt, frequency skyrocket causing a chain of blackouts, the sun sets and the load on classic power plant skyrocket, frequency plummet and large chunk of the network get cut out to reduce the load. The solution was and is named "Smart Grid" with storage, where the storage (batteries + inverters) are actually quick enough to compensate. The Sun rise, all connected cars start charging and so loads on classic P.P. remain almost unchanged. They slow down charging slow enough that classic PP crank down their production at a sustainable peace. Similarly in the evening all connected cars start discharging quickly compensate the very quick p.v. production loss, and stop discharging slowly allowing nuclear/gas/... PP to crank up at a sustainable peace. Or, so to speak, the extremely high costs of storage is offset to private individuals instead of being on energy operators shoulders. Such model does not happen because p.v. start to get economically sound, but until gasoline/diesel reach 3€/l (~11USD/gal) and/or the national grid became unstable most would not buy BEVs. Another example is IT history: Xerox PARC invented and implemented the modern Desktop and desktop computing, the classic Paul Otlet/Henry La Fontaine Mundaneum idea in practice, than for business purposes such concept was crashed and developed few parts at a time by modern GAFAM in a way to ensure end users have next to no power and are locked in in their service. Another example is the classic rent vs buy model where at first rent pay well, faster and cheaper, then the big cucumber arrives up the a* with rental prices to the stars and almost no more options to nor resources left to buy instead of rent. Long story short: Science and technology works well ONLY if Science is PUBLIC, witch means NO research is done for private interests but for whole society one, and technology is UNDER Science, witch means the private sector select and pick new Science innovations and implement them on scale. So the model must be: - a State, on top, witch means Democracy, witch means ALL PEOPLE on top; - the State MASSIVELY found general interesting research maintaining universities, schools, labs, factories etc for the general interests; - such PUBLIC apparatus produce innovations for the society; - private sector grab ideas and hire some talents who do want to implement them instead of keep researching, try to sell resulting implementations, some will profit, some will fail. All critical sectors are public only, so weapons are public only, health is public only (pharma for first), energy is public because we all need it, food due to it's nature is a mix BUT with a State/public regulation to ensure a minimum intake for all, basic transportation infra are public from TLCs to (rail)roads and harbors/airports. The rest is private. NOTHING impede private research but having this far less resources only real success for the society will survive, modern absurd anti-society stuff get criticized by the compartmentalized public research, religiously separated from the private, and fails quickly. For those who say "that's communism" or EQUALLY "that's fascism" do remember a thing: no market have proved to be or remain really free in a very short timeframe. No dictatorship have proven to last, they innovate quickly, expand quickly, than fall. The key is the old Roman's "est modus in rebus" or "there is a measure in anything" meaning, nothing can work taken to the extreme, there is no one-size-fit-all.