No, it's not, many things are essential to our survival like Food, water and, etc.

For example:

Everyone thinks about Alternative Energy as the messiah of the earth, it will free us from the pollution, but let's take solar collectors - they are really hard to utilize https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/25/18018820/solar-panel-waste-chemicals-energy-environment-recycling, of course, it is an old article, but still it has a point, that it creates other problems, which needs solving.

I don't know if electric cars possess the same threat with their batteries. But I would not state that it is essential for our survival.