When clean tech tribes go to war
Policy Exchange's Guy Newey argues technology tribalism is understandable but counter-productive, which is why we need a market-based approach to decarbonisation
There is a wonderful scene in The West Wing where lobbyists for four 'alternative' technologies are brought in to the White House for a meeting and spend the whole session attacking off each other's products....
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