Yes, we need to stop building new vehicles that emit CO2, because we need to stop burning CO2 as much as we can and as quickly as we can. Everyone knows that.
But we certainly don't need to pretend we never built the beauties that we did build, or deny ourselves the pride of the ingenuity we expressed before we fully realized the big mistake we were making.
Okay, so it's time to change up the design of some of the moving parts of cars that we build new, time to put our ingenuity to the test, and it's always time to challenge our creativity.
But we certainly don't have to destroy the work we've accomplished already, just not use it as much. We certainly don't want to put excessive wear and tear on those classics anyway.
Personally, I'm hoping this transition will result in an even greater appreciation of classic auto styling and I would love to see more of the georgeous cars that aren't mechanically sound anymore be saved and swapped to electric rather than parted out. The best examples of our previous successes should be glorified not destroyed. It's the current workings of run-of-the-mill daily drivers that we can (and have to) do without.
People create beautiful new works of skill and creativity in obsolete technologies all the time, but you won't see intricate spring-based timepieces threatening the need for efficiency in today's fast-paced business world. Let's preserve that craftmanship of automobiles too, while also being mature about the changing reality we all have to face.
But please preserve those surviving examples as well as you can, and remember that in the not too distant future, the best examples of this new era of ingenuity will also be prized possessions of another generation of Gearheads.
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