text: My view is that driverless cars are a waste of time and energy. Tons of people enjoy the ride of having control behind the wheel. Also, both cars pollute about the same. Most driverless cars are gas, electric, or both. When you look at a chart you will see that the pollution from coal and gasoline are about the same.(Only for cars) When you plug in your driverless car you are using a natural resource called coal. Coal is burned in electrical plants to produce electricity.