Kind of surprised that the OP didn't use urban planning, zoning, etc. as a central example. No number of electric vehicles, no matter how good, whether privatel

Kind of surprised that the OP didn't use urban planning, zoning, etc. as a central example. No number of electric vehicles, no matter how good, whether privately owned or publicly, will do as much to reduce fossil-fuel dependency and its associated ills as much as undoing the "car-first" way we (especially in the US) allocate land. To the author's point, "same but electric" can't hold a candle to modern urban design which is not only less polluting but also more convenient, equitable, healthy, social, etc. IMO it's the perfect example of how we need to reconsider the entire model of how we do something instead of just swapping in different parts.