“My criticism of EV’s is that they are impractical for most people. “
More practical for most.
No. I disagree. Do we have a common replacement for copper, that carry electricity with a loss of <3% over the transmission?
There isn’t enough copper in the entire world to have an electrical society.
There is also the case that hydrocarbons are 100% recyclable with no pollutants that can’t be easily dealt with. Hydrocarbons break down to hydrogen, oxygen, water, plantfood, and Carbon.
Coal ash is used as a binding agent in concrete and we can turn it into bricks as well as asphalt.