You know the old chestnut about the most important thing on your tombstone being the dash between the dates? Because how long you live isn’t what counts, it’s what you did with the time, right?
What the Watermelons don’t get is how that’s connected to a personal automobile. How having your own car lets you make the most of your time on earth. The best public transport on earth still only goes where it wants when it wants. It can’t come close to a personal automobile for optimizing your life efficiency.
And ultimately it’s people that count, not the planet. Diminishing people’s quality of living just because the canon of The New Green Religion commands it does nothing to “save” the planet.
And as for alternative fuel automobiles, the only thing they offer a true alternative to ... is reality. Battery-powered cars have been around for about 190 years (yes, 190 -— look it up!) and they’re still not a rational alternative to ICE.
Good commentary, thanks.
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