Robert Heinlein…
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as “bad luck.”
As Instapundit notes, it cannot be repeated enough. Hence the posting.
Frequently despised and often condemned sure sums up the typical Boulder opinion, unless your in the clean energy business.
