are the present energy providers really against those individuals with greater alternatives?

Question

I am from a country which is being beseige by energy crises. although my country has numerous brilliant scientists and inventors who could go hand in hand in solving the current problems, the energy giants are bent on their back, to prevent such thing from happening. strangely, the leaders of my beloved country whom we put to power, are the very people initiating the killings of those brilliant inventions that can surely free us from being forced to drink and digest what big power and energy corporations shoving down our throat...

Answer 1

Present energy providers are most interested in developing alternative energy sources. The first one to the patent office with a cost effective alternative will bankrupt the rest.