Moreover, given the vast profits available under the current system, the struggle to bring about a significant energy transition faces stiff resistance from deeply entrenched vested interests. And market forces alone are unable to cope with major externalities such as greenhouse-gas emissions, with overwhelming government control over major energy sources such as oil, and with huge numbers of people too poor to constitute a market.
而且，在目前如此高额的利润体系下，要想转变当前的能源模式，面临着众多利益团体的顽强抵抗。单凭市场的力量无法解决例如温室气体排放等的客观事实，在政府垄断着当前包括石油等的能源前提下，大量贫困人口依然无法享用基本的能源。