Why are we still using http:// instead of SSL enabled servers?

I keep thinking about this. We have all kinds of secure, robust, encrypted protocols and tools, and plain text protocols are still the standard. We have sftp, scp, SSH, SSL, etc. While FTP, HTTP, Plain text emails, etc are still standard protocols. It doesn't make any sense!

And why is Unix, Linux still shipping rtools and such?

I long for the day when there is ONLY secure, encrypted protocols in use! I use only these tools myself (although, I dont have a choice when it comes to having to utilize other servers that use http and ftp), but the fact that plain text protocols are even still in use baffles me!!! It's not like we DONT have secure, encrypted tools available!

Everyday, we hear about new vulnerabilities, new attack tools, password sniffers, etc, etc. And granted, 100% encrypted protocols isn't the entire answer, but it would go a hell of a long way toward a more secure internet.