I'm sure those who want to complain will always find a reason. I'm sure that my purchases and 'hoarding' drove up demand which increases prices and pushes people into newer cars or makes used cars less affordable to the poor, meaning they stick with older less safe, less efficient vehicles, or something.

FWIW, my wife and I carpooled in the EV to and from work, every work day, until covid hit; now I work from home and she drives solo to the hospital.

But again, it probably doesn't matter. The EV is too heavy and the rare earth materials were mined in unfriendly ways, and the weight of the car means it sheds lots of tire material, and not all of our electricity comes from the solar panels on the roof, and we should live closer to work and walk everywhere anyway, and the alcohol I consume has a negative impact on the water supply in a drought state, and....

(don't let anyone find out that sometimes I drive to the racetrack just to go around in circles and end up back where I started!)

You seem to clearly understand what's at stake and yet you still passive-aggressively attack me.

Everything that you said is true, and it should be evident by now that baby steps like a couple of people carpooling in an EV when it's convenient to do so will not cut it. For every couple like you there are 10 couples who don't have the means to purchase an EV and their situation won't change by 2050, when cheap energy (read petrol) will be on the way out.

While it's an honourable thing that you are using your excess hard-earned money to buy EVs and solar panels instead of SUVs and fracking stocks, please understand that you're living above the living standards of most people and not everyone can afford this, and for them, reducing footprint = self-restraint.

Whether used or not, if they own a car that they don't use, another car will be built and put on the market instead, as long as other people need them.