Color me skeptical. If, as you say, great advances are being made, we’re not seeing it here in the U.S. We’re getting scammed left and right by promises that don’t pan out, and ripped off by government subsidies to companies, stolen from our taxes, that end up benefitting foreign nations.
So if the advances happen, more power to you (hee-hee). But let’s be fair, and acknowledge the efficiency and worth of gasoline - a proven technology. It’s been unfairly dinged left and right (mostly from the left).
You are 100% correct. The earth worshipers have been able to get the upper hand in the “environmental” debate. The tide has turned and their “theology” has been proven to be false and now the hard work of rolling back their gains has begun. In regards to combustion engines billions have been spent by large corporations and governmental entities in an effort to improve mileage and reduce pollution. What have we gained? Marginal improvements on the edges and unsafe vehicles that cause more harm than the environmental effects they sought to mitigate. Innovation does not come by way of large corporations and government mandating change. Having worked in both environments there is no innovation only incremental change on the technologies that are already available. The Dept of Energy’s 21st Century Truck program failed and it had 16 of largest players in the automotive/truck industry and three federal agencies involved. What did they gain - better idling on Class 8 tractors. Money down the drain and all we get is better idling on the big rigs - give me a break. Along comes a little guy and he creates a way to move everything forward. This is how change happens in this country. The establishment or those invested in the status quo resist change, buy out potential threats, or smear the innovator. This is taking place in this country in regards to this technology. History is full of such examples and the latest is the MRAP vehicle program designed to save our soldiers from IED blasts. A guy in his garage came up with the final solution and could not get the Army to use it. They insisted on developing their own. We had the solution and the government was insisting on its own solution while our guys were dying. It took intervention by the Senate Armed services Committee get this technology deployed. Change is coming and conditions have to be right or desperate enough before they are accepted.