Great documentary video, "Who killed the Electric Car?" Well worth a look for those who haven't seen it.
The science of anthropogenic Climate Change is clear. There is no scientific doubt. The political "debate," is a purely artificial one created by people who see their bottom line threatened by progress, and politicians they bought. It's a tragedy. Yes today's cars burn less fuel, but there are 5X as many of them, so any gains turned negative. This is simple arithmetic. The explosion of human population is part of the problem. People like to move around. People like to move things around. There are many, many more of us. We need to find new ways of doing things. ICE cars are already obsolete as battleships. Electric tractors will be the norm inside of a decade. There is zero doubt about the need to do these things, but there is grave doubt as to whether we're 30 years too late.
I'm 70 years old, and Electric Tractors will be too late for me. I use fossil fuels sparingly. I use a few gallons to process the firewood that heats my home. I have never, in my entire lifetime, driven anything close to 10,000 miles in a year. In retirement, I try to drive less than 4,000 miles per year and use less than 10 gallons of heating fuel in the winter. I used diesel power to maintain property, gather fuel and clear snow. Between the CUT and the lawn tractor, I probably use about 80-100 hours a year. I would love to have an ET and solar panels to charge it, and my nonexistant electric pickup. That will be the norm in 20 years, when I'm taking my dirt nap, lol.
