Normally I don’t really buy into these big corporate conspiracy theories but I think this one has a bit of merit. I have this feeling that most of the oil / utility companies have a good line on secondary renewable energy sources and they are just waiting until they HAVE to use them before unleashing them. Reason #1 – To keep the price on the existing resources as high as they can until they are gone to first, make as much money as possible second, continue funding research into alternatives without biting into R&D budgets too much and third, simply because they can. Reason #2 – To make it simpler to bring these alternatives to market. Lets face it, if the world NEEDS them (I mean really needs them) then the governments involved will be more lenient in their regulations and actually help (read in here as pay) these companies (through grants) to speed their time to market thus having an even smaller impact on R&D and marketing budgets. George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory. My Blog[^]