Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
Right, the Planet isn't going anywhere. Or, more accurately, it will continue going towards whatever future this Solar System has in store. The fragile balance of economic/socioeconomic/and environmental systems that support Human Civilization will not be fine. No one thinks so. No one that doesn't have a vested ($$$) interest in the 1999 Status Quo.
In the context of planetary life, human existence is inconsequential (unless you subscribe to the story of earth being a few thousand years old), so that is essentially a moot point.
During tulip mania days, people thought it was a fantastic investment… and some people greatly benefited from it.
We shall see who will be the beneficiary of this new thing and for how long.
The long-term prospects of EV are not exactly perfectly solid but what do I know about such complex things, I only like bicycles with pedals so far, haven’t even graduated to an electric bicycle.