@disruption @threat<p>The economist really likes to paint everything as a gloomy picture.<p>The way I see it - the modern internal combustion engine is a threat to civilization.<p>Car Makers especially americans ones have a lot of blood on their hand. Everything from helping redesign cities to make it impossible to not afford buying their product.<p>To making walking a crime ( jay walking ).<p>&quot;Young city-dwellers are turning their backs on owning a costly asset that sits largely unused and loses value the moment it is first driven.&quot;<p>Good - we really cannot have 7 billion people drive cars.