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Today, there are around 1.31 billion personal vehicles (cars, trucks, and SUVs) in the world. Of those, only about 2% are hybrid or electric. The other 98% are ICE vehicles burning gasoline/petrol.

By 2050, it’s estimated we’ll have about 2.21 billion vehicles in the world. That’s a HUGE number, almost 70% greater than today.

But how many of those will be electric? Instead of only 2%, it’s expected they will increase to around 31% of the total.

That sounds great! More EVs is a good thing, right?

Well, if 31% are EVs in 2050, that means the other 69% will *still* be ICE vehicles burning gas/petrol. So the number of cars and trucks and SUVs burning fossil fuels will go UP from 1.28 billion now to about 1.52 billion by 2050.

That’s… not so good.

We don’t *need* more cars, more traffic, more congestion, more pollution, more road damage, and more CO2 emissions.

What we need is:

- More bicycles 
- More electric bikes
 - More pedestrians
 - More mass transit
 - More light rail

NOT MORE CARS!!

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

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