A mystery.  Our national obsession is coal. Coal industry is everywhere.  Mining is our national past time. Coal fired power generation is our habit. Despite all that, how is it that our electricity costs are possibly the highest in the world?   Natural gas prices are riding high.
Anyway, the future is in green power and it must be a good investment - Rockefeller thinks so. As well as many global activists. They have seen the light.
Our government does not support alternative energy in a big way.