it seems to me he was responding to the suggestion that 'we’ll have to go back to the stone age' which came across sounding a bit resistant to change (see also: luddite lol) I don't think any real insult was intended
hence the sort of person who might have complained about removing lead, or adding catalytic convertors, both of which I remember being subjects of great consternation at the time but turned out to be fine
the government makes some new declaration, engineers find ways to work with the new restrictions, it's a constantly evolving thing
I've always assumed Hydrogen was the way forward to be honest, but I'm told there's difficulties with that. I'm sure they'll overcome that in time, the same way they'll eventually make batteries that last 100 years and melt down into recyclable components
have more faith in science
