Real R&D
Not quack science.
Exactly. In the case of things like renewable energy and electric cars, I would view government subsidies the same way I, as a chemist, would view an enzyme or a catalyst in a chemical reaction.
There is a threshold that cannot be reached, and an enzyme or catalyst can artificially propel it over that threshold.
This if for things that I see as outside what I would see as a National Security interest.