Despite all the government subsidies: "Fossil fuels may be out-innovating green tech"

Or is it because of all the government subsidies? The article is available here.

A spate of articles this week points to the fact that new technologies in the fossil fuel industry are making it harder for alternative clean energy technologies to get a larger foothold.
A New York Times article this week says new techniques allow drillers to tap oil and gas from a variety of "unconventional sources" that were once considered too difficult, a shift that changes the global picture on energy supply. . . .