And for most of the countries that don’t have a lot of cars, it’s not because they’ve decided to invest in public transit and bike lanes, it’s that people are poor and can’t yet afford cars. Like, India and Brazil aren’t places where people love public transit, they’re poor.
What happened to China is likely going to happen to them as they get richer. Even if the world switches over to electric vehicles that’s still vast resources plowed into massively inefficient sofas on wheels.
And for most of the countries that don’t have a lot of cars, it’s not because they’ve decided to invest in public transit and bike lanes, it’s that people are poor and can’t yet afford cars. Like, India and Brazil aren’t places where people love public transit, they’re poor.
What happened to China is likely going to happen to them as they get richer. Even if the world switches over to electric vehicles that’s still vast resources plowed into massively inefficient sofas on wheels.