Why Not Get Rid of Cars Altogether?

We've made our world for cars. The automobile rules our cities, destroys our planet, poisons our air, and kills millions — every single year. Why have we built our lives around them?

We tend to think of ourselves as the uncontested rulers of this planet, the pinnacle of evolution, the culmination of all development. Yet imagine an extraterrestrial civilization gazing down upon us. What would they conclude? Who rules this planet?

It’s cars. The answer is cars. We’ve built our cities to accommodate the automobile; we’ve flattened, destructed, and asphalted as much of our world as possible; we’ve killed off species, ecosystems, life; we’re changing the global climate, and we tolerate the death of millions. And for what? For comfort, convenience, and growth, of course, and so you can get to work.

Let us take a closer look at the top of the earth’s food chain. Those massive contraptions of steel we call cars.

Invasion

Do me a favor. Please, stand up, right now and go to your window. Count the cars. How many do you s…