The House of Representatives has passed a
massive climate change bill aimed at legislating a new, climate-friendly energy
supply into existence.... The bill’s champions assume that, in response to an
array of mandated carrots and sticks, nimble startup firms will be motivated to
develop new clean-energy technologies.... Unfortunately, a crucial question
remains embarrassingly unasked: Who is going to buy enough of these new
technologies to establish a market that's large enough to meet our carbon
reduction goals?
