While your sarcasm has been noted, a conspiracy theory is something that exists entirely in the realm of wild speculations in lack of any substantial evidence whatsoever.
There is no need of a conspiracy. Just business as usual.
In fact, as demonstrated above, the major car manufacturers are already redirecting their research efforts toward this new technology. For some reason I have always imagined that it would be big oil companies who would seize the opportunity and use their resources to redirect their business accordingly, and become the driving factor behind the shift - because public subsidies alone obviously will not be able to do the whole job, and neither should they. So it is a matter of time until the big players at the energy market get on board, as soon as this particular industry reaches a point where direct involvement would become profitable for them, as opposed to being perceived as a rival. No one wants to lose their business position, after all.
It is a matter of pragmatic weighing of options, and using the tools they have at their disposal to make the best of the emerging situation. Not some romanticised conspiracy, where some secret cabal of shadow figures in dark suits sit in a cigar-smoked room behind closed doors and whisper plans of ruling the masses between themselves or something like that.
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Date: 23/12/13 22:31 (UTC)There is no need of a conspiracy. Just business as usual.
In fact, as demonstrated above, the major car manufacturers are already redirecting their research efforts toward this new technology. For some reason I have always imagined that it would be big oil companies who would seize the opportunity and use their resources to redirect their business accordingly, and become the driving factor behind the shift - because public subsidies alone obviously will not be able to do the whole job, and neither should they. So it is a matter of time until the big players at the energy market get on board, as soon as this particular industry reaches a point where direct involvement would become profitable for them, as opposed to being perceived as a rival. No one wants to lose their business position, after all.
It is a matter of pragmatic weighing of options, and using the tools they have at their disposal to make the best of the emerging situation. Not some romanticised conspiracy, where some secret cabal of shadow figures in dark suits sit in a cigar-smoked room behind closed doors and whisper plans of ruling the masses between themselves or something like that.