Its politricks, Dude, people are people, in order for some to be the masters thousands of others must be peasants, we're all like sheep now happy in ignorant bliss still buying the rubbish which makes the masters even richer. What about the countless factories which waste resources and energy churning out every sort of plastic junk you see in every seaside novelty shop and pound shops everywhere these days, those kids toys you see in almost every garden that never get played with and see unloaded at the tip every weekend.
Back to cars, imagine a world of today if you will without the motor car, I come along and propose the following:- every man & woman could have their own personal transportation machine, it would basically be a metal box on wheels powered by a noisy highly complex inefficient chemical reaction device which would use a unstable and highly flammable liquid as a fuel to power it along whilst giving off very poisonous fumes as a bi product. We could cut great swathes out of the country side and food growing areas of our world in order to provide purpose built paved routes for these machines to travel on from one metropolis to another, these transportation ways would be filled with such machines all heading in the same direction. We would have to alter our cities, towns and villages beyond all recognition to accommodate these devices and prvide them with passage and storage.
But what of the noise, the pollution and the chaos these contraptions would cause, Ah, I'd say, Think of the freedom of the open way and convenience to go where you will when you want to.
But what about the vast amount of resources and the manpower needed to implement such a plan not to mention the danger, you'd say.
I would go on to tell you that accidents would inevitably happen, many many people would die because the could not control their metal boxes properly and would crash into each other or some, especially the very young, would be killed by just walking out in front of the metal boxes without taking precautions, Ah, I'd say, Think of the freedom and convenience.
Imagine such a proposal in todays health and safety never mind suing culture, I'd be branded a lunatic, as stupid an idea as flying around in a airship full of hydrogen gas!!.