the transition to EVs will only increase driving and efficiency will be far down on the list as many will chime in that it does not matter because its not oil and further enforce their view by pointing to solar and wind energy.

it is very much the same scenario that played out with the move to LED lighting, suddenly you can so much more lighting because it cost so little compared to previous lighting.

if anything our next bogeyman may be all the excess heat we generate by increased power usage