The fastest way to profit is by lobbying to outlaw certain technologies, then delivering your product to the needy masses. And without question, in today's "image is everything" culture, it works.
Henry Ford didn't push the feds to outlaw horses - though today that would certainly be one of the first items on the agenda. Back then, however, Ford simply came up with an interesting concept and an equally interesting assembly method. People liked it, and so they bought in. The horseless carriage just kind of took over.
In today's world, Henry would hire folks to chat up politicians. We call them "lobbyists". They'd point to the manure and urine left on the streets by horse-powered vehicles, and attempt to convince the politicians that a major health disaster was just waiting like a ticking time-bomb. They might also point to the emissions of all of the horses, and accuse people who happened to like horses of being "global warming deniers". 
Henry's lobbyists might note that horses are a significant contributor to "greenhouse gases" because they emit both carbon dioxide and methane (they would conveniently ignore the fact that all living animals do so). To drive the point home, they might hire artists to draw graphs in support of their view, and the artists might even draw some images depicting the End of the World due to human-caused global warming. This End would be due in its entirety to irresponsible human horse-owners.
Now, human-caused global warming might be reduced if humans downsized from horses to, say, ponies or donkeys, but such downsizing would likely only extend the time-frame before global catastrophe struck. No, the only way to "Save The Planet" would be to ban ownership of horses, ponies, donkeys, and other forms of transportation and to force people to drive "horseless carriages". These devices produce far less carbon dioxide and essentially no methane, and would thus stall catastrophic climate change.
Admittedly, the scenario described above sounds a bit far-fetched. However, using identical "logic", the U.S. House and Senate passed an "energy bill" that our dumbass President signed into law. Under this rule, incandescent light bulbs will be banned. The market doesn't get to decide, because people are too stupid to make decisions on their own. Ever notice that every time government makes decisions for you, they always turn out badly?
