This statement ignores the dynamic pricing of markets.

The gas station is full today, but the marginal electrical care affects the supply/demand curve for gas today and in the future. If the current point of the supply/demand curve drops too low, supply will start to shut off.

Hence, electric cars are only "pointless" in the past before they were invented.

You can advocate for electric cars and still consider that making good use of an old gasoline car might be less carbon intensive than buying a brand new electric one.

Once the budget for the loan program was fixed, taking the loan wasn't going to cost us all any more money.