This is such a typical greeny thing. They’d rather tear down anyone who is trying to help because they don’t do it in a perfectly green all the time way regardless of the economic realities. They are simply not driven by goals and outcomes, instead just riding a moral high horse while not actually caring if the world burns down around them. They are actually worse for the environment in every way.
Tesla has struggled to survive as a company economically and the author would prefer the company fail than have to use a little diesel power along the way.