depletion...coastal cities (see Florida) are under increased stress, and farmers are dealing with diminished yields due to Global Warming...due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere...due to the burning of FFs for heat and power....while the end is in sight for oil reserves (~7 yrs for the U.S., and ~48 yrs for the world)
This is not a fantasy, it's real...why would anyone just sit back and wait to see what happens and not take action? Since private industry has its own development challenges, it doesn't have the infrastructure creation capability to support new power plants, transmission lines, and charging stations...and in order to justify the construction of such facilities, there needs to be incentives by government to allow investors and builders to produce the needed changes.
i.e. it's a coordinated enterprise between gov't and industry. I'll look for a paper I've posted quite awhile ago that covered all the bases.
Your thoughts on the urgency of CC and FF reserves?...