I don't understand how we can be this far apart on the subject.
It's really an engineering problem, of course as an engineer I see it that way...
We have a problem, the earth is warming and causing a lot of issues. We all know what they are, and there's no denying it's a problem.
I don't know why we need to agree on causes, and get caught up in minutiae such as ICE vs battery tech that's in it's infancy, neither are appealing long term solutions to transportation. I think we can agree that a long term plan is needed to control our environment unless we want Earth to look like Mars or Venus. Why do we assume that Earth will be suitable for life long term? It started at some point, it can end too. And that's 100% "natural" but it doesn't mean it's good for humans.
The near total disregard shown for talking about solutions to the problem is concerning to me. I don't think we're headed in the right direction, I believe we need to put a lot more energy into global climate control technology that might include altering the atmosphere so it traps less heat as well as preventing all the photons from the sun from actually hitting the Earth. We need to be willing to talk about population and how we can get that under control to prevent large scale disease and pandemics from wiping out a big part of our population for us. We need to figure out how to prevent large scale extinction and how we can preserve our ecosystems and their diversity of species, because if that's lost the quality of life on Earth will be lower for good.
The solution to our problems has nothing to do with driving 5000 lb $100k+ luxo-yacht Teslas around. Or even $50k Model 3s... this tech needs to exist just as the 1st computers that took up entire buildings needed to exist, but I don't necessarily want to own one right now. Instead, I live in town and don't need to travel far for anything and I work from home so I don't need to commute. I try to eat local and support local food and business. IMO, this is much more impact vs buying an EV that has questionable environmental cred anyways. I own a sports car because that's one of my hobbies, and ironically I need it for mt biking too, but I don't need to drive hardly at all for work or necessities of life. What we need is a shift in lifestyle, not a shift in which massive land yacht we're gonna drive 16,000 miles a year!