We rely too much on cars, on fast and accessible motorized transportation. Cars have evolved into an addiction. We wake up in the mornings, drive and curse through traffic jams and careless drivers, sit and wait impatiently through drive throughs, and travel our way home in the cramped pocket of 21st century glory, slowly but surely.
The reality is our global demand for more and more cheap and abundant fuel is severely lacking behind world production. That is why gas prices are so ridiculously high. Our reliance on auto-mobiles further more causes other problematic issues plaguing our society, from air-pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions to inactivity and obesity. Traffic congestion can be extremely frustrating, but not only that, according to Canadian Geographic, gridlock is leading to reduced economic output and accompanying job loss. In fact the cost of traffic congestion is predicated to balloon to $7.8 billion a year by 2031 in the Greater Toronto Area, the most populous urban centre in Canada.
TEENS: We need to start walking, biking, scootering, roller-blading, running, whatever means of transportation that does not pollute the earth, MORE!
