They were used in almost everything that required compressed air to function...from fire extinguishers to refrigeration units, air conditioners, and even hair spray bottles. Entire industries needed to come up with alternatives, with millions of products directly affected.

That's not a ton of stuff. They had replacements already in use. Oil is literally in everything we use, and I mean literally everything.

Sure...fossil fuels are a bigger issue. But that only means that even harder methods are required to force a change.

Again, good luck.

Look around you. What gains have we made, by leaving it up to the fossil fuel industry to phase itself out, voluntarily?

They won't, and that's not the argument I have presented at all. I've already stated they will fight.

We already have cheaper alternatives...thanks to the incentives you mentioned.

Yea no shit, but we've not done enough, and thanks to the turnip we're rolling back a huge portion of those incentives.

But we are still nowhere near the point of replacing them on any significant scale. That will never happen as long as they are still "allowed" on the market.

This is completely incorrect. EVs have a much bigger footprint then ever before, solar and wind as well. Nuclear should be next but NIMBYs push it away more than anything.

You make something that's cheaper than the alternative, people will choose the cheaper option.

And like I said. Good luck banning the use of oil.