JMO. While some will blather on about how the governments aren't actually forcing anything on us, yadda, yadda, yadda, in a certain vein, that is a true statement in the slimmest of meaning. But what is happening is the private companies that make the kinds of things we like are being strong-armed (by that government that isn't forcing anything on us) to take away the choices we used to have, or only have alternatives that certain someones deem acceptable. This is CDC-Covid19 stuff all over again. The science says whatever you want it to, depending on which scientists you ask. When the "global warming" think tanks actually admitted placing temperature monitors on the sunny side of buildings to skew the numbers to make it look worse than what it really was, they all lost me as far as credibility. So junk science is just that. I really don't know what to believe. But I do believe that even if things continue as they are with no more chaning anything, I will eventually die and things will virtually be the same when I do. Changing the name to "climate change" (a nebulous and utterly useless moniker) still doesn't sway me. You say Sierra, I say Silverado. Same thing, different name. I'll still bet dime to donuts that even though money is thrown down the climate change hole, it won't do anything to change stuff. Meanwhile, other countries are starting up their coal plants again. Derp. It's really not considered leading the way if you're the only one in the parade, Dumbazz.
If Pizza Hut has their Pizza lunch bar suddenly serve sushi and takes away the pepperoni and cheese selections and then raises their lunch price by 35%, it's de facto forcing sushi on customers that didn't ask for it, didn't really want it, and won't be too happy about a sudden change and having to pay more for something they didn't know was coming. Same thing here. All these
companies cave under pressure and effectively limit your choice to EV A or EV B. What, no ICE? Nope. Or they will be severely limited. Sure, a few people might like it, but far more won't. Simple math.
Most new-age folks probably wouldn't know a 14mm wrench from a hammer anyway, so maybe it's good for them to have cars that have to have "sounds" programmed into them to pretend they're something they can never be. Who run the world? Idiots.
1) Are we still debating whether or not greenhouse gas induced climate change is real? Come on. Pull head from sand. Meanwhile you've got senator snowball from my corner of 1959 and his army of alt-right media stars trying to tell us that bc snow exists this is all garbage. Who are you going to listen to. Pro tip: Professional pundits with talk shows and most politicians don't know jack about science. If the last 2 years haven't proved that then you're on your own.
2) If Pizza Hut did that, people who wanted a pizza will go down the street to Papa Johns, Dominos, Mazzios, etc ad infinitum to get one. I thought this was America, and all that free market hoo ha. People want pizza, go start a pizza chain, people would buy it if that's the only option. I see what you're getting at, but again, if this free-market hoo ha is real and the "right way" then it will fix itself, no? Or is the whole ideal a bunch of junk? See horse whip mftrs, buggy mfrs, VHS machines, typewriters, the list is endless. Can you still buy that stuff? Yeah, but the most basic laws of supply and demand apply. Its gonna be more expensive. I took Econ 101 I are smart.
2a) Unless you're suggesting that our wasteful top-down consumer-corporatist system is irretrievably broken and bad for consumers, workers, and our planet, then I'm with you.
3) Yeah the vroom sound thing was dumb and hopefully whoever thought it was a good idea should be fired for being a moron. This whole "new age folks" thing is nothing but certain media trying to sow "us vs them" division and its working, isn't it? FFS we used to have radio repairman who would change out a tube or capacitor when they went... why? bc your average joe doesn't care about that, what a capacitor is, or a soldering iron, or what a 14mm socket looks like for that matter. We are a different breed, see #2. Our "hobby" is gonna get more expensive, its inevitable no matter what happens. The average consumer doesn't care, they just want to listen to the radio, and they just need to get from A to B cheaply, and/or in style. Does that make them "stupid?" I don't think so.
4) ICE's and parts will be around for a while. Why you all think that's not true is strange. I can still buy buggy whips, horseshoes, fax machines, dot matrix printers, ignition points, etc. if I so choose. Free market system and all that.
TL;DR
Climate change is not a hoax
Econ 101, supply demand etc.
Consumers mostly dont care
The sky is not falling.
