Bread and Circuses on Nostr: Today, there are around 1.31 billion personal vehicles (cars, trucks, and SUVs) in ...

Today, there are around 1.31 billion personal vehicles (cars, trucks, and SUVs) in the world. Of those, only about 2% are hybrid or electric. The other 98% are ICE vehicles burning gasoline/petrol.

By 2050, it’s estimated we’ll have about 2.21 billion vehicles in the world. That’s a HUGE number, almost 70% greater than today.

But how many of those will be electric? Instead of only 2%, it’s expected they will increase to around 31% of the total.

That sounds great! More EVs is a good thing, right?

Well, if 31% are EVs in 2050, that means the other 69% will *still* be ICE vehicles burning gas/petrol. So the number of cars and trucks and SUVs burning fossil fuels will go UP from 1.28 billion now to about 1.52 billion by 2050.

That’s… not so good.

We don’t *need* more cars, more traffic, more congestion, more pollution, more road damage, and more CO2 emissions.

What we need is:

- More bicycles

- More electric bikes

- More pedestrians

- More mass transit

- More light rail

NOT MORE CARS!!

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