A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at a stroke

Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @06:03AM (#18389941)

While I generally agree, the free market did give us the likes of Tesla and SpaceX. The optimal strategy is to allow both.

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Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by CPLX on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @06:22AM (#18390016)

The amount of government subsidies to both those companies has been staggering. Neither of those are free market stories.

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Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:01AM (#18390182)

And it took nearly 50 years before a company dared to get into that market.

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Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by pythonaut_16 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @09:45AM (#18391391)

Has the government "subsidized" SpaceX? AFAIK the government has been a consistent customer of SpaceX and they've leased facilities from NASA but it seems that overall they aren't being subsidized but rather patronized.

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Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by brohee on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @06:15PM (#18395735)

You are aware than the government pays SpaceX more than market price right? The difference is itemized as "additional checks", but it's subsidies in anything but name.

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