Great article, and I agree with many things you say but I think you are being unrealistically negative about EVs, wind and solar.

The problem with evaluating CO2 emissions of EVs based on current situation is that it assumes CO2 emissions from production of EVs will remain constant. That is totally unrealistic.

As more wind, solar and wind comes online as well as more EVs are used for transporting the materials that go into making EVs, we will see a drop in CO2 emissions from making EVs.

Methods for e.g. smelting metals in a greener fashion is rapidly developing. That will reduce emissions from building an EV, solar panels and wind turbines.

All green technologies are interconnected. If a gasoline truck hauls materials needed to make a wind turbine, then that increases CO2 emissions from making turbines. But if an EV hauls the material, that reduces them.

Likewise if coal is used to smelt metal that makes EVs have higher emissions when produced. But if electro-smelting powered by wind and solar is used, you get lower emissions.

I am all for more human centric cities. More public transportation, more walking and more biking. Yet none of that can 100% replace gasoline vehicles. You still need taxis, delivery trucks, diggers, cranes and many other things. One way or the other these things need to be electrified.

But I agree that the EV revolution should not be an excuse to not do other measures.