> Automakers passed the responsibility on to people who don't even drive.
We have roads. They are shared by all users and taxpayers for common purposes. The responsibilities are likewise shared. The available technology changed. We can't expect to force the prior status quo to continue to exist in the face of available technological changes.
This article points out that attitudes like your similarly existed at the time and contributed to the apparent delay in creating a reasonable solution.
Okay.. so what if they skipped gasoline and built electric from the start? That's "sustainable" according to some modern definition. What should we have done then?
Meanwhile.. take a look at the way life was 120 years ago. Are you eager to go back to the rural life of farm labor that implied for the majority of Americans?
We have roads. They are shared by all users and taxpayers for common purposes. The responsibilities are likewise shared. The available technology changed. We can't expect to force the prior status quo to continue to exist in the face of available technological changes.
This article points out that attitudes like your similarly existed at the time and contributed to the apparent delay in creating a reasonable solution.