Let's talk about that Super Bowl ad

GM's electric vehicle ad featuring Will Ferrell tries to erase years of anti-climate work in 90 seconds.

Gas-powered cars are a huge climate problem. The transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution in the United States, and automobiles are the largest net greenhouse gas emitter in the world.

There’s a partial solution, though, in electric-powered vehicles. So there’s a lot of good to be said about the fact that General Motors ran an el…