Batteries are not progress. That's a marketing illusion. It's technology older than ICEs. Making vehicles heavier is not progress. Making vehicles with less driving range is not progress. Increasing refueling time and decreasing fuel availability is not progress. Decreasing towing ability is not progress. Relying on fossil fuel power plants is not progress. Developing 1000s of new strip mining operations is not progress. Relying on foreign countries for critical minerals is not progress (see Russia, Europe ....).
Something truly innovative and efficient to replace the ICE will happen. It will most likely involve some type of fuel cell that we can't really even conceive of currently. When that happens, it will not need to be force-fed down our throats by legislation and government rebates. It will be something everyone WANTS to buy because it is better, cheaper, has more range, better performance and is more convenient than an ICE vehicle (think cellphone revolution). Until that day comes, we have enough oil to outlive all of us and then some. The sky is not falling. 'Mother Earth' is not in danger. Relax.
