Environmental and energy policies are both down wind of politics. I view electric cars as a complete miss - that is to say that they aim to solve the wrong prob

Environmental and energy policies are both down wind of politics. I view electric cars as a complete miss - that is to say that they aim to solve the wrong problem. Now I am not advocating that we abandon electric car development, rather I mean that they will not solve the underlying political issues that dictate our solutions in the environmental and energy realms. Take for example how we approach the design of cities, neighborhoods, where we place food growth centers, etc. A different design could render car transportation greatly reduced such that electric vs ICE would be inconsequential. Changing where we live and how supply chains work would have a much larger impact than a change to how cars get from one place to another, and by a massive magnitude. But such a change would require the necessary political will.