2022 GA Senate race: on Technology

Chase Oliver: Let innovators reduce carbon; not federal-chosen technology

A: Government involvement stifles innovation. We need to let the marketplace innovate. It just requires us to buckle down and American innovation will develop the technologies that will power us into the future not using carbon-based fuels. In the meantime, government doesn't really have a role.

Q: Can you name a market-driven innovation that reduced carbon emissions without a government incentive?

A: It's very hard to get that because of the Big Government world we live in. Every major company is reaching out for every subsidy and giveaway they can. But we need to bring market competition back to it, [not] a scramble for who can get the next federal dollars. Elon Musk would've developed the Tesla [electric car] with or without subsidies. Of course he'll take the free money, but that's your money going into Elon Musk's pocket. We don't need to give money to Green billionaires to develop new technology; they'll do that on their own.