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36. Try living without one as a hemiplegiac with a 200' walking range who can't do stairs

But even given the (thankfully true) fact that my situation is not typical, the idea that we'll ever go back to non-powered transportation is a ludicrous pipedream. What powers personal transportation will certainly change, and extremely densely populated regions (but ONLY extremely densely populated regions) can use public transportation effectively, but as every society becomes more advanced they universally seek more mobility and more independent mobility. This is not limited to some self-flagellating nonsense about decadent western materialism either but seen in, for example, both India and China even in areas where collectivist politics are still extremely popular. Soviet workers would wait years on the list for an utterly terrible Lada. The working poor in Vietnam or the Philippines scrimp and save until they can buy scooters. Their equivalents in sub-Saharan Africa will do the same once LCC sourcing moves there in force. It is a universal and unstoppable force of global human nature that given the opportunity people will sacrifice enormously for the ability to be independently mobile over distances and with passengers/goods that make human-powered transportation unworkable.

I drive an EV, actually on my second such (although as much for the cool tech/cost saving aspect as for the eco impact but both are nice). They will become more popular. The tipping point is already gone. They will be more and more efficient and powered more and more by renewable sources. They are likely to be joined by hydrogen vehicles once delivery challenges are met, and the gods alone know what else will follow. Fossil fuels simply cannot last for ever, although I for one won't see the end of them. But all that will do is change what moves individual transit, not that it exists.