Opinions and views likely follow statical patterns like everything else.
Systemic reasons are why it's common to see the collective responsible for the systemic patterns in society be so fervent to deny systemic issues exist.
I myself like the idea of my success being attributed to my hard work. I would like to think that I bootstrapped my way to success. It's not an easy feeling to accept that in many ways by virtue of just being part of the main majority collective I by default have an advantage in my community over those that aren't a member in that majority collective group.
i.e. if the majority % of users in a forum are belonging to a certain category then it's reasonable to believe that most of that majority would be against anything perceived as a criticism of their group (and by extension themselves).
Which means something that's engineered is made better by successive improvements from previous work.
2nd this is failing to consider different environment conditions and applications may make gathering energy from the environment in creative ways practical and useful.
Not saying this particular technology will eventually be practical from a commercial standpoint, only wishing to state it's more than just 'will this technology easily solve global energy demands'.