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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Ok, I give up. Advancements in technology just happen, and have nothing to do with the amount of investment in them. It's all a pre-set path that we have no control over.
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That's not the argument at all.
The technologies we require, like new processors, transistors, batteries, superconductors, computers, solar panels, etc... were already being heavily researched by large businesses, who had all the incentive in the world to research this technology.
There's no evidence to show that oil companies prevented this research in any meaningful way. As such, most of the change over the last 40 years would have had to come from individual choices. Even now, with full knowledge and even some level of outcome, people are not making those choices. To expect them to do that 40 years ago is absurd.