We will witness the rise of the Taxi Cash Conduit. They do not exist as a human being - simply a process by which oil is burnt by the demands of capitalism.

The oil is burned to extract more oil, which is then used in the Uber driver’s car. The driver pays exactly as much in gas costs as he charges for rides. He does not eat, and he sleeps in that car. When it breaks, he breaks. The passenger would just walk, but the city was built to specifically punish non-riders.

The uber driver and passenger will each get one free ride a year, for the specific purpose of driving to city hall to vote against a bike lane.

I couldn’t agree more

Affordable cars are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

I'm afraid that's not true. As in, literally, I'm scared that that's not true. BEVs are only getting cheaper over time, as they've only recently been mass-produced at anything approaching the absurd scale of ICE car production, and because li-ion/sodium-ion batteries basically didn't exist before the 90s and were 100x more expensive 20 years ago.

Once everyone switches to electric, that will only further encourage car-centric development.