A few years ago the lib across the street bought s battery operated car. He was so proud to show it to me. 1st thing I said was “you know where the other end of that charging cord goes to right?”. He looked at me like I had lobsters crawling out of my ears...clueless
I had a very similar encounter with a friend’s neighbor in Austin who was beaming with pride over her new electric lawn mower. When I pointed out that the electricity comes from a coal burning electricity plant, she was devastated. The only thing better came 30 minutes later, when I saw her half mowed lawn and the mower plugged into the outlet on her porch.