> I have long felt that there is a massive and well funded lobby for curing things, but an impoverished prevention programme. There is no real financial incentive to prevent cancer etc, but lots of money and glory for curing people who have got cancer.
I see lots of people spending money on things that they're told will protect them from cancer, so there's clearly a huge financial incentive.
> Similarly there is a massive and well funded lobby for power production and very little for power efficiency, which effectively achieves the same result.
Likewise.
And, I see people buying things to get them better mileage too.
In fact, it's hard to avoid seeing this stuff, at least in mainstream US.
In short, I'm pretty sure that the "there's no real financial incentive" stuff is "why don't the proles see what's obvious to people like me". The only question is whether it comes from cocooning or just not paying attention.
I see lots of people spending money on things that they're told will protect them from cancer, so there's clearly a huge financial incentive.
> Similarly there is a massive and well funded lobby for power production and very little for power efficiency, which effectively achieves the same result.
Likewise.
And, I see people buying things to get them better mileage too.
In fact, it's hard to avoid seeing this stuff, at least in mainstream US.
In short, I'm pretty sure that the "there's no real financial incentive" stuff is "why don't the proles see what's obvious to people like me". The only question is whether it comes from cocooning or just not paying attention.