The world isn't flat: countries that have to import fossil fuels will be far more interested in developing this technology even if the resulting product costs m

The world isn't flat: countries that have to import fossil fuels will be far more interested in developing this technology even if the resulting product costs more than the imports because of the energy security issues related to being dependent on imports for something as important as energy supply. In contrast, countries that earn large amounts of revenue from exporting fossil fuels will be much less interested in developing a technology that will end up making their exports worthless if optimized (especially as fossil fuel extraction costs rise). That's not even mentioning the issue of hidden externalities not directly reflected in the cost of fossil fuels, massive state subsidies to fossil fuel producers that result in lower consumer costs, and so on. The conclusion is that the global energy market isn't some idealized economic model, it's highly controlled and manipulated and ignoring this reality is disingenous at best.