09-27-2021, 06:56 PM
(09-27-2021, 03:18 PM)galaxy Wrote: It's already happening, at a gradual pace that began to pick up in the early 2010s. Personally, I'm actually not that concerned and don't see it as a major future problem, though obviously it would be better if the problem were solved now.
When we run out of petroleum, and most people are priced into either immobility or means of travel that do not depend on fossil fuels, then the car culture is over.
That's basic economics. Anything can be priced so far that people are compelled to seek alternatives.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.