"Had" is past tense. "Theory" is "a supposition or system of ideas indended to explain something". I didn't say that I thought that was the most likely theory. I thought lemmy was supposed to be able to hold a nuanced conversation?

This is what I was alluding to, however people seem to have jumped on the "oh he is an Elon fan, quick, tell him he is an idiot!" Rather than accepting nuance

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"Theory" is "a supposition or system of ideas indended to explain something". I didn't say that it was the most likely theory

Ahem, if we removed all gas vehicles from the road right now, including farm vehicles, humanity would starve to death within a few months. Some subsistence farmers in developing countries that don't need fertilizer would survive.

But it would definitely be the end of industrial society.

Emissions from transportation are a large proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, so it absolutely does make sense to decarbonize them. This isn't really debatable. It's been part of the ICC strategy and negotiations for decades now.