While studying the issues of energy, transportation and economics, I came to realize that the problems of our society run much deeper than the type of fuel our cars burn. What we're really suffering from is the disease of consumer addiction - a spiritual affliction. Even if all cars were solar powered , they'd continue creating traffic jams, injuries, and massive waste of resources. I love automobiles as techno-aesthetic artifacts, but now I understand they're impractical, except as commercial cargo vehicles. High-speed rail , subways, streetcars , electric buses, personal rapid transit and bicycles are much faster, healthier and more efficient than private automobiles.
Cars belong in museums.
There's no reason to cram our streets , our lives, with these obsolete ego-machines. In the endless pursuit of growth, it's the primary function of businesses to generate more business . They do so by creating the impression they're solving their clients' problems. Consumer addiction, not liberation, is the name of the game. Behold the birds in the sky.