This thought ties back in part to an article I wrote earlier:   https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-pessimistic-speculation-on-future.html       At present, we are being sold the myth that if we all swap to some sort of electric car, then personal transportation will continue into the future, just in a quieter and less polluting form.   Don’t believe this!   Cars have at least one dirty little secret that the environmentalists have not yet talked about, and it alone may signal the end of mass car ownership. There are currently 38.7 million cars in the UK and 2.68 million in the Republic of Ireland.   According to google, UK motorists cover an average 7900 miles annually while their Irish counterparts drive further with a 10,500 mile annual average.   Now consider the tyres on all of these vehicles.   If tyres are replaced at around the 30, 000 mile mark my quick calculation estimates that we are using about 1...