Thier problem is that NO ONE (especially private people) should profit from it, and exactly the war that is being waged here by Obama and the Statists.Letting other countries lead in non fossil fuel energy tech would be the worst kind of negligence, why are republicans willing to allow China to end up on top when the world will be forced by shrinking supplies to find alternatives to burning fossil fuels? Are they just incapable of looking any further ahead than the next business quarter or political term?
No one is saying dont continue to develop.
Forcing the issue with non viable products is the ultimate in stupidity.
And the government can't make a failure work.
IF an energy is commericially viable, it will come to the market.
As much as liberals hate fossil fuels, they forget that is what saved the whales from being hunted to complete extinction.
It was a much more viable energy source than whale oil.
If there is a much better source of energy besides oil out there, it will be found. The government trying to force it with boondoggles that don't work and waste taxpayer funds, isn't going to make it work.
Gubmint control or bust.