And without the necessary demand, supply never ramped up either. There are an awful lot of people talking about huge, central-station power plants. That will create such a glut of power that the premium differential for green power will be intolerable for customers. They would kill off the market for renewables. The Postal Service's Levinson agrees that reactions to today's crisis will determine green power's tomorrow.
Government agencies are no different.
So unless green power companies reappear and get the boost they need to compete, they'll remain on the fringe forever. It really is disappointing. Damien Cave is a staff writer for Salon Technology. Lackeys for the power industry want us to think so. The new power players Sticker-shocked Americans, reeling from rising gas prices, have boosted the stock of companies producing alternative fuels.