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But subsidies could have pushed certainly wind generation 50 years ago, rather than push oil and require a huge navy and military to secure our overseas oil interests.

Solar probably could have been pushed substantially as well with better research funding.

Battery storage probably could have been pushed for practical EVs earlier as well.

Sure there's a lot of monday morning quarterbacking there, but we are in a major hole with GHG levels in the atmosphere, and our oil and gas friendly policies over the last century are a major cause.