Development is exactly the things you mention: roads, bridges, railroads, water and sewage systems, electricity grids, factories, hospitals, etc. and that requires cement and steel and artificial fertilizer and a lot of energy provided by fossil fuels.
Gadgets and fancy cars are a luxury layer on top, but the very base of society depends on fossil fuels.
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