We’re closer to that because of the cult’s government subsidies and yet the tech has barely advanced at all. It’s still nowhere close to nuclear even without the 55 years of development we should have had.

If people accepted solar/wind as edge solutions to decentralise energy generation rather than demanding it become the backbone of modern energy infrastructure because it’s so “clean” to placate the cult, it might actually progress.

Fiat incentives give fiat outcomes though.