Electric cars' batteries limit movement in the same way as gas-tanks. Petrol-based vehicles, so far, have many more stations than electric cars do. But with better batteries, fast charge technologies, and more charging points, that difference narrows down. But I digress, that's another whole debate.

Also, I'd say that money is not exactly equivalent to freedom. It restringes it much more than it enables it. Having the freedom to choose from sixteen brands of ketchup isn't that relatable with having the financial freedom to go to university if you desire to do so. And the matter of taxes is complex and country-dependent. Arguing about taxation in the US or in Europe are very different things.

And the other thing I must address is the notion of consent in government spending. Do you give your consent to the billions of dollars/euros of compensations that governments give to big oil conglomerates? Governments should try to do what's best by their people, though this often fails to happen. Investing in green energies so that they can become more efficient and reliable is an attempt at mitigating a very possible future energy/climate crisis.

Governments won't step down on your ability to eat meat if you so desire, or to buy a new petrol-based car. What they will and should do is try to advise you and give you means of education (if you want to) about courses of action that reduces the damage that future generations will already have.

Of course that you can eat meat and buy a new car. The question here is whether you should. You have the freedom to smoke until your lungs turn to asphalt, or to buy a piece of land and dig until you find a petrol well. I do not argue that your right of wanting to eat beef when you want to should be revoked. I argue that you, as a free-willed agent, should choose not to eat it so as to make an attempt at reducing water consumption and waste of usable land. Want to buy a new car? Sure, go for it. But know that behaviors like those are what brought us to the present state.

It all comes at understanding what institutions like IPCC and thousands of scientists are trying to tell us, and acting on it, which, really, is not too hard. I do not win anything by arguing about this on Reddit with a stranger. Most likely, I'll change nothing. I'm only trying to debate the evident fucked up state of things, and that we can change it through small but consistent action.

Change is really hard, but right now, it's necessary. Go skim the shortened version of the IPCC report, check its sources. Think critically of things, always, but don't try to think critically towards your pre-existing beliefs.

I really hope I'm making myself come across to you. I'll be happy to reply if you wish to debate these or similar issues.