There has alot of talk lately about what is going to be the next bubble, after the dot com and housing bubbles. It bet its going to be “green” technology. I already see the ground work in place for this.
You going to end up with a lot of stupid people paying high prices for questionable technology and government regulation that will end up not doing anything to improve the environment. Or like hybrid cars, you rob peter to pay paul (You have slightly less gasoline being burned, but the massive batteries in these cars will be polluting the environment in horrible ways)
I agree, and it's already happening. A case in point: a friend I know works on luxury homes in the Aspen area. A year or two ago, he finished work on a very nice home, buiilt for a man who made his money in windmill farms. He made money, not because windmill farms create cheaper power, or even better power, but because first, he got the voters of Colorado to pass a ballot initiative requiring the utilities to buy wind power. Of course, us ratepayers have to buy it, even if it's at 2x's the cost of gas fired power. Put the two together, and you have instant millionare.
It's not greener power either, but actually causes more CO2 to be produced than if not used, but lets not quibble about the actual greenness of it; it's all about the other green: MONEY.