I think the article is complaining too much... True, it takes 30 years for an idea to grow to something useful, but that is not because nobody cares (or think you are nuts) - the idea just hasn't gotten to a final, usable form. Carter can put solar cells on the Whitehouse, but to no use. The cells will, compared to today's solar cells, hardly generate any power and cost way too much. Same for the car, the personal computer, the mobile phone and the plane: there was simply no market and no use for the average Joe to actually buy it...
Pretty much. It seems more like someone complaining that their VC driven, get rich quick, startup scheme petered out before they could cash in. And is looking for external scapegoats rather than asking if the scheme really had a chance in the first place.
