Terthna
Professional Lurker
I remember hearing a story told by the guy who invented those cyclone vacuum cleaners; apparently, he tried to shop his invention around to several established companies until he finally gave up and decided to start making them himself. Years later, executives at those companies expressed regret that they didn't take him up on his offer to buy his invention, and sat on it; because they would have preferred to maintain the status quo of the vacuum cleaner industry indefinitely.Because if the problem is handled, you cannot make money off being an activist for it, or teaching people to be an activist for it, or make money off short-term non-solutions that sound good to greenies.
The moral of the story? Businessmen are sedentary creatures who abhor innovation; they want to sell you the same product over and over again, without ever having to worry about anything new springing up that might prove to be effective competition.