Tom, I agree completely with you. And I think it was stupid of the feds to push a transition to EVs, instead of, say, mandating a stiff carbon tax and that all new homes and other buildings should be zero zero fossil fuel heating and cooling, but instead should be superinsulated, and get electricity to run heat pumps (which both heat and cool, for anyone not familiar with them) from solar or wind, rooftop solar or utility solar/wind.

But....... too many busy bodies who hate gas cars pushed for EVs. They hate cars because cars are all over the place, taking us hither and yon--much more visible than the heating and cooling systems in houses and buildings, more visible than the methane that cattle produce, and the other global warming emissions from agriculture.

I'm 70. I'm hoping I've got at least another 20 years. My Civic (stick) is 15 years old, and it's my favorite of all the cars I've owned. I bought it used for 11.6 grand, when it was four years old with 35k. It now has 158k, and it still drives just as well and just as fun as it did when it was new to me. Some cars can go a looooong way if they're treated well, and if you keep up with maintenance.

My Civic is a lot more fun than any EV I've driven. Internal combustion has character. EVs don't--not the Tesla Model S I drove, nor the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The Kia Soul, which belongs to a friend, had a bit of soul, despite being an EV. But all that torque on EVs--meh.

Yes, I know we have to get emissions down to zero. I learned about global warming in '75, from John Holdren. But driving is my favorite non-social activity, and if I had to drive an EV, it wouldn't be the same. Meanwhile, I've had no children, something that in terms of global warming vastly outweighs just about anything else a person can do in terms of CO2. So I'm not going to feel guilty about driving the Civic--which gets close to 40 mpg on the road, and close to 30 in the city.

If the feds had been serious about reducing global warming, they could have put weight limits on cars, which can now exceed 6 grand lbs due to the batteries,ssss and personal pickup trucks, which can exceed 10 Gs.

The weight on EV cars and trucks puts the rest of us at risk for mayhem in case of crash, and the weight grinds EVs' tires into tiny shreds that can enter your lungs and spread around in your body, damaging your health for the rest of your life.