Are government subsidies actually a good way to promote R&D? The U.S. has a couple notable failures there (ethanol/corn, and Solyndra). And Germany has put bil

Are government subsidies actually a good way to promote R&D? The U.S. has a couple notable failures there (ethanol/corn, and Solyndra). And Germany has put billions and billions of Euros into their aggressive renewable energy push with very little to show for it. https://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-failure-on-the-road-to-a-renewable-future-a-1266586.html https://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-failure-on...