Subject: Re: EV and 2024
But I suspect that, had we acted earlier, it would have been cheaper to have those govt programs, than to deal with the ramifications that are already starting today.

No reason to think that. In fact, quite the contrary. It's cheaper to do this stuff now, when the tech is more advanced, than it would have been a decade or two ago. Politically, voters are choking on the price tag even though solar and wind and EV batteries are cheaper (per unit capacity) than ever. It wouldn't have been any easier back in the day.