Why would billion dollar companies not want to shut down companies looking to compete with them?
This technology threatens conventional energy companies; all of whom have their origins from the robber barons of the early 20th century.
Just a FYI, companies are importing plastic garbage from Mexico now too. Why is beyond me when we have so much of our own. Nasty plastic bails of detergent bottles, milk jugs etc; wet and swarming with flies.