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āŖ The World Economic Forum says cutting down on “wasteful” private car ownership will help to avert a “climate apocalypse.”
The World Economic Forum (WEF) isĀ calling for an end to private car ownership. A recently published paper calls for an end to āwastefulā private vehicle ownership in favor of public transportation and communal cars.
The World Economic Forum is looking to reduce global reliance on critical metals as nations look to make the transition to renewable energy supplies, and one proposalĀ is reducing ownership of private vehicles.
āThe average car or van in England is driven just 4% of the time,ā the WEF paper states. It then calls on car owners to sell their vehicle because, āCar sharing platforms such as Getaround and BlueSG have already seized that opportunity to offer vehicles where you pay per hour used.ā
“This transition from fossil fuels to renewables will need large supplies of critical metals such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, to name a few,” the forum said in a report earlier this month. “Shortages of these critical minerals could raise the costs of clean energy technologies.”
The international lobbying organization based in Switzerland has proposed three solutions for lowering theĀ costs of critical metalsĀ used in everything from cellphones and electric vehicles to wind turbines and efficient lighting.
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Ending private car ownership is essential to addressing climate change, the WEF argues. The forum goes on to advocate for the same principles to be applied to city and home designs as well.
āA design process that focuses on fulfilling the underlying need instead of designing for product purchasing is fundamental to this transition,ā the WEF wrote. āThis is the mindset needed to redesign cities to reduce private vehicles and other usages.ā
The forum noted that even with recycling initiatives in place mineral mining is expected to increase by 500% by 2050.
“More sharing can reduce ownership of idle equipment and thus material usage,” the group argued, pointing to statistics that show the average vehicle in England is driven “just 4% of the time.”
Vehicle sharing initiativesĀ like “Getaround” and “BlueSG” have become increasingly popular around the world and are key in reducing the number of cars and electronics needed globally, the forum argued.Ā
A number of European nations and U.S. states have already passed legislation that will ban the sale of non-electric cars as soon as 2030.Ā Washington, New York and California have already passed such measures while a growing number of EU member states have done the same.
In Ireland, the government has told citizens that they will be packed into densely populated cities in order to combat climate change. Drivers will be forced off the roads as part of a plan that will ārevolutionizeā peopleās lifestyle and behaviors.
In addition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has directed global governments to drastically cut oil supply to domestic consumers in order to encourage compliance by ānudgingā people out of their private cars.
The IEA 10-point plan to drive āchanges in the behavior of consumersā and reduce gas demand at the pump includes reducing speed limits, working from home three days a week, more electric cars, car-free Sundays, more cycle lanes, cheaper public transport and greater use of long-distance trains over planes.
In order to avert a āclimate apocalypse,” the government plans to force people āout of private cars because they are the biggest offenders for emissionsā with proposals that include banning fossil fuel vehicles from towns and cities nationwide to intentionally cripple ordinary motorists.
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