Not as big as it was in this 10 years ago, but again, my point is that there is a legacy to their ideas and arguments. That ideas evolve with time is normal, but the framing and positioning matters.

Oh sure, it wasn't going to be /sui generis/. I guess the hyperlocal context to my very original comment is that some friends on here and I have been having a discussion about how useful the 'abundance' framing is to left-wing/progressive causes and I've been on the skeptical side.

And tl;dr I guess I was more right to be skeptical than I knew.

Although having said that, even the eco-modernists seem like they would likely be frustrated by the Tesla statement, given how much it seems to be giving lip-service to their words while slow-walking any promise of implementation (not usually a Tesla hallmark!)

Quite possibly, yes. Though as that last Nordhaus link shows, they also seem preoccupied with identifying their opponents over pursuing their stated goals, sometimes. (That's the text of a conference keynote, mind you.)