>>11862557Three reasons:
First, few industries are profitable from the very start, and some take a long time to really become profitable. If you don't support them to that point, you lose them.
Second, the world depends on certain things whether they are profitable or not. There isn't much profit in processing sewage, but we do it anyway.
Third, profitability often depends on what costs you consider. The biggest costs of fossil fuels, pollution, damage to health, global warming, aren't levied against the producers or consumers. It's easy to be profitable if you don't have to pay the real costs. And when those costs become realized, you need alternatives.
