Maybe the USA transportation model overall is the non-earth-friendly part, the miles, and miles of paved and unpaved roads that exist as infrastructure. We all seem to love it but don’t seem to have a clue as to the effect on the environment over time. It seems so convenient in the short run over the last century but also responsible for seemingly endless carbon emissions from coal power plants to crude even from the transport model product itself.

In the end, with our increasing population, if the individual transportation model keeps on at its present pace as opposed to using the existing infrastructure more efficiently, that model runs into sustainability & affordability issues whether using gas or electric from the grid. Coal, oil, and even natural gas has a huge government-supported infrastructure where public ROI isn’t that great. The switching over to alternative power sources can and is proceeding however that switch doesn’t necessarily become sustainable due to that existing transportation model design.

It’s easy to see the latest new 4 wheel transport vehicle design and examine all the specs that make it what it is on the roads. It’s another thing to recognize all the livable, usable surface space that is gone in what is probably an unsustainable transport model over time, we just can’t see the forest due to all the ground clutter. In my view, electric, though shown to be more efficient in 4 or more wheelers on existing infrastructure is more a bandaid over time.

Your right, I said earth-friendly in what I thought was a humorous comment. Individual world views happen to be different, numbering in the low billions, it’s when those world views turn into concrete they can become issues.