The article and Designer seem to describe an automated shifting system that starts you in your highest gear, and then will progressively shift you to lower gears the faster you go. BRILLIANT

^^^ This exactly. “We’re going to reduce our carbon footprint by deploying Gigawatts more gas and coal, and aren’t these solar panels Shiny!”

There’s only one culprit here, and it’s 100% responsible for this phenomenon: Countries can’t have children. Only People can have children.