[theAlphaDuck]

money CAN and DOES hinder technology...

there was a guy who invented the re-usable match
it cost the same as normal matches...except each match could be re-lit about 20-30 times...
so a single 10p box of HIS matches would last a year...

the idea was bought by the match companies...and never released

also with electric cars...we have the technology to have electric cars that charge themselves OFF the roads themselves...as you drive.......

but why SPEND money setting up free transport for everyone...when its so much more profitable to SELL them oil...
and then TAX the oil...

if the gov would impliment this then
a. they loose VAST sums of money in tax
b. have to pay out large quantities of money

thats where money becomes a hinderance...

its like a tin-pot bannana republic dictator...its great when everything benefits you....but as soon as it become beneficial to move away from it...then you got problems...THEN your best interests are no longer what is important