In 1999 there were more than 600 million vehicles operating in the world and we increased production each year by 6 to 10 percent. If these trends continue, that number of cars operating will double by 2030 taking us to over 1.2 Billion vehicles...
Last year China purchased more automobiles than were sold in the US... now that's some consumer power...and India has cheep wheels too! Consider this: in the US we have more than three cars for every four people, 248 million of the world's 964 million... if the Chinese hit that mark in the next 30 years then they will have a Billion cars just for themselves...and at that rate they would have to pave more land in China than they currently have in grain production. And, oh...by the way...they are the number one grain producer.
If cars are among our primary sources of pollution...then we will be looking at a much bigger carbon footprint in the next 50 years than we are currently planning for.
We need to change our technologies... electric cars, LP Gas cars, or some realistic alternative or hybrid...if we are going to reduce the impact of vehicles on carbon emissions.
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