Thanks for a nice summary, although I disagree with your last point. But does not really matter. To me you just named all the reasons a ban is not needed, the EV tech seems superior in it self.

How are you so sure there's a 0% chance? I said the MAY be, not are the best way. Any ban hurts technology progress. ICOs might make a comeback from some amazing discovery. Obviously not likely but still.

I agree my arguments are weak and don't seem to hold up. (I eyed on some studies just now).

Such a bad idea. ICOs might be the best way forward, running on fossil or not. There's many reasons petrol and diesel have been used for such a long time in transportation. A hybrid might very well use the best of both worlds, electricity for short trips and liquid fuel for range.

If we can't get the electricity grid fossil free, which will be extremely challenging in ~10 years, they will still be running on fossil.

*Edit: I can see my point is not agreed with. But I am strongly against banning ANY technology, this was my main point. There are very, very few expeptions in my mind.

As an example one can argue that nuclear weapons are a positive force, besides clean? energy, in the sense that there has been no world war since their development. They may be banned but they are not easily removed. Thus we have MAD (mutually assured destruction). Let technology run it's course and keep the politicians away from meddling with things they don't understand.