For how long will car companies continue selling roaring ICE with smoking doughnuts?

[hunter]

31. I hate cars. It pisses me off that I have to own one to be considered a fully functional adult...

... in this car culture.

When my wife and I met we were Los Angeles commuters. I resented every stinking minute I spent driving to and from work, much of it in 15 mph stop-and-go traffic.

By some planning and greater good fortune my wife and I have avoided the car commuter lifestyle since the later 'eighties. I work mostly at home, and we can see my wife's workplace from our house.

But we still live in a place that's designed for cars.

I bought a new car just once when I was young, full of testosterone, with a college diploma and a new career. I'll never by a new car again. If someone gave me a brand new car, I don't care what kind, I'd give it away like a hot potato to someone who cared.

The two cars I've bought since cost less than a $1000 each. I paid cash for them. If I want my cars to say anything about me, it's "I hate cars."

A car culture is a fascist culture. When I'm walking about I'm not required to wear a license plate on my butt or to carry identification. I'm not confined to any road, and I'm not held by an invisible tether to any parking place.

We need to be building a society where most people don't need or want cars, a society where walking and public transportation are so easy and convenient that most people won't bother to buy cars.

The world population is approaching 8 billion people. We can't all have have cars without destroying what little is left of the earth's natural environment.