I love the recurrent way to achieve this nirvana is to impede the economy by taxing the cheap energy sources to artificially cause the Chosen sources to appear reasonable.
Pure electric vehicles don’t have a chance since the plan is to drive coal out of electric generation by taxes and ridiculous regulation. Since coal is responsible for over 50% of electricity generation, banning it or driving up the cost will cause grid-supported vehicles to be very expensive to keep charged. Anyway, their range and infrastructure requirements make them only useful for urbanites who should be standing in the rain waiting for the bus anyway.
In the end, the only alternative fuel for vehicles that will work on the large scale is the one that will support the 18-wheelers. That is the one that the infrastructure will be built for since there is real profit in supporting trucking. I’d bet on biodiesel and hydrogen. The rest are hobby sources that will never permit you to venture out into the countryside.
