...The EV obsession is driven by one thing: a belief that by burning fossil fuels we are raising global carbon dioxide levels which will so heat up the planet as to drive the human race to extinction. That theory may, or may not, be proven, but until then society is driven to cut CO2 emissions, almost at any cost. Only in that context do EVs make sense.
Even this seemingly obvious statement is an oversimplification (ie burning fossil fuel always leads to CO2 emmissions and is therefore really bad for the environment). Carbon capture + storage technology is expensive but still viable (and now results in a lower energy production cost than nuclear!). If only Germany, India and China etc could inject their coal power station CO2 back into depths of the earth we would be in a better place re climate change targets...
