"replacing what worked with what sounded good."

Facebook  Tom Gelsthorpe
"Here's an example of economist Thomas Sowell's observation that much of the purported progress of the last three decades has involved "replacing what worked with what sounded good."

This article is long but informative, and gets better towards the end. 

Try to read the whole thing."

CITY-JOURNAL.ORG California's New Energy Infrastructure: A Transition to Nowhere
Why the switch to a primarily solar and wind-powered grid is a dead end.