Communism is, in my estimation, the very worst face of Capitalism. Where the very smallest elite own everything and everyone else gets to be a serf.
It is the biggest con ever.
So every time someone justifies their CO2 mitigation efforts by some collective, neo communist, swipe at capitalism, I am inclined to present a different view.
Communism was never the collective ideal. The remains of communism are rooted in the single party state.
I visited the USSR satellites in the 70's with open eyes. Nothing I have seen since has changed my view.
We see, on this thread, the Capitalist energy water trying incredibly hard to reduce FF emissions and the, what, Socialist? Calling the "capitalist" an energy waster. Being a Vegan, using public transport and calling others Capitalists does little to change the energy balance of the country you live in.
But, anyway, we should get back to batteries. Because the capitalist are well aware that if we don't transition to EV, CO2 Neutral energy and portable energy storage, they'll lose a few billion customers and that's a bad business model. Because none of us Capitalists care about the human costs do we?