This almost certainly requires an energy economy run using renewable energy, and this is far from what is currently planned in most countries. Many have suggested that the problems associated with achieving stabilisation of global emissions are technical and economic. Dr Mills, however, advances the view that the main issue is not one of technical or economic viability, but political manipulation. It is often claimed that these technologies are uneconomic. Full societal economic evaluation of renewable energy sources is almost completely absent from market practice.
Polluter pays' is green propaganda.
Some RE technologies are currently competitive even in today's biased marketplace. Others would need environmental and other costs to be addressed. These technologies are societal bargains, not 'uneconomic'. RE technology is still being improved and costs are still going down. These improvements are not prerequisites for public legislative action, but outcomes.