The degrowthers are always moving the goalposts. For example, with self-driving cars. Degrowthers:

1) Self-driving is impossible anywhere and shouldn’t even be tried!

Reality: Self-driving is working pretty well via Waymo in quite a few cities, and is improving all the time.

2) Ok, self-driving works but it’s incredibly dangerous.

Reality: Self-driving appears to be much safer by any measure.

3) Self-driving can’t work in bad weather conditions! Ever!

Reality: Also improving all the time and humans are also terrible, terrible drivers in adverse weather.

4) Self-driving cars can’t work while being attacked by a dinosaur during an earthquake combined with an alien invasion and the gates of Hell opening up!

Reality: Well, ok, you got me there.

Degrowthers just hate any improvement in life, tech (especially) or anything else. It’s like some horrid personal affront to them. So let’s affront them a lot more, since they suck!