I'll go along with that. Here, 'green' energy was subsidised by our Gummint direct to the buyer with a 50% tax rebate, all based on the global warming scam. Even if you were so poor you paid no tax, they still gave you up to 50% off capital costs, with a check in the mail, as long as a pro fitted the kit. [Job massaging buys votes.]
Result? The price of kit like pv or geo, [and noticeably for me, with one eye over the Channel], 'green flame' spec. woodburning stoves almost doubled in price. Effectively, the vendors grabbed most of the subsidy. The Gummint was taken aback when vast swathes of the vox-pop fell for it and is now strapped for cash. The rebates dropped away, along with sales, and are now 20% and expected to vanish next year altogether. If Gummints offered no props, only stuff that actually works would get marketed. Did Gates or Jobs need a subsidy to grow businesses so big in 25 years they could pay off the US national debt with their spare cash? Answers on a postage stamp.
