Do you really think big companies would deliberately spend money to help undercut their competition and to ensure a playing field slanted to favor their own business strategies?

Well, that certainly makes more sense than a bunch of inept Greens deliberately, successfully (and so skillfully!) sabotaging the world economy because it fits in so well with their 18th century pastoral fantasies.

This sort of thing is not unheard of. Weren't the oil and motor companies accused of investing heavily in mass transport in the 40s, then failing to fund it or promote it properly so it fell apart, thereby favoring the popularity of personal automotive ownership?

Granted, there are a lot of wackos politicking out there, and a lot of loony causes, but in order to make anything happen in this society, you need big funding. And that can only come from one place.