But just when our societies should be making such investments, the public sectors in the US and Europe are on a veritable “investment strike.” Governments are cutting back public investment in the name of budget balance, and private investors cannot invest robustly and securely in alternative energy when publicly regulated power grids, liability rules, pricing formulas, and national energy policies are uncertain and heavily disputed.
但是，就在我们的社会应该进行这些投资时，美国和欧洲的公共部门却陷入了名符其实的“投资停顿”。政府打着预算平衡的名号削减公共投资，而在公共监管的电网、责任规则、定价模式和国家能源政策存在不确定性巨大争议时，私人投资者也无法在替代能源领域进行稳健、安全的投资。