The people of the future will read about millions of non-electric cars and trucks driving around in dense urban centers huffing fumes with the same horror we now feel reading about all the places we used to put asbestos— or the way they used to make dresses and ribbons of celluloid: in an era when there were fireplaces and candles all over the place.
@futurebird for a within-a-lifetime example, every time I see and smell a smoker anywhere near a restaurant or bar I’m shocked, then remember as a teenage busboy having to go into the smoking section to clear ashtrays along with the plates. I am hoping today’s children will feel the same way about ICE cars when they are my age.