We're about to see a huge "Green" revolution (renewables, battery, etc) in the next 10 years as well as huge advancements in medicine. Tbh, I think we're just about to get started with this next wave.
It may be that these products are taxes-by-another-name, as consumers either shell out more money for inferior solutions (ebikes, I guess), or, turn to the secondary market instead (for gas leafblowers, say).
After seeing what we did with recycling, I would not be so naive going forward, on the claims of environmentalists. (I still have yet to see the research on the electric car co2 implications of producing batteries and offloading co2 output to power plants, when compared to the incumbent solution)
- https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/does-electric-...
This numbers take into account that countries like Poland use coal to produce electricity. And even that is improving fast.
They have less space requirements, both in private and public investment, and require less energy to move.
They fit modern requirements for really expensive real estate and rental costs really well.
Overall, I'd expect the efficiencies of the technology to approach similar numbers to what they're replacing, but the businesses profiting off the technology's use will change. Maybe for the better for end customers, and maybe not, but there's disruption opportunities galore