I’ve seen horse on roads so I’m not sure that ban ever happened. But I’m pretty sure nobody ever proposed a horse ban to force people to move to cars. Lack of horses didn’t cause the rise of cars just like lack of stones didn’t end the stone age.

It violates property rights and the right to engage in economic activity. Quite simply, nobody’s rights are violated by selling a gas powered car therefore nobody has grounds to ban it.

I know there are some really out of touch people in the world, but are there people who seriously think that economics is bullshit? Is that even a real thing?

Economics are the real and relevant results of very real and relevant sciences. The existence of economics is owed wholly to science.

Think about that statement for a second: if they’re just a very small minority, then they’ll have almost no macro effect and the market to serve them won’t be economically viable. Or they’re not that small of a group and your limiting the freedoms of a lot of people. Either way, your view is wrong.

So is the case that “people are stupid” or is it “people decided this collectively and you have to go along with it”? I agree that many people are stupid, but that isn’t illegal and it doesn’t violate my rights.

There’s a difference between libertarians and anarchists.

In which case gas and diesel powered cars will go away when consumers decide they don’t want them anymore.

Tyranny of the majority is flat out wrong. People can individually do as they wish. If the world really is deciding that, by many people individually making their independent decisions, then there is no need for any of this regulation.

If that’s enough reason for you, then go find an alternative. That does not mean you get to decide whether or not it’s enough reason for anyone else.

I notice nothing you said there refutes the argument. That’s just how moronic this idea is, it really is basic economics. A lot of cliches are cliches because they’re true.

Yes, consumers should decide everything. If they don’t want cats, don’t have them. And people bought plenty of cars with seatbelts and airbags before they were mandatory. Look at car advertisements from decades ago and you’ll find plenty of then touting safety.

If you have a viable reason to find and use an alternative, then go ahead. But don’t try to force everyone else to go along with you.

You take it to that point because it’s most efficient. Current uses for oil will transition away when, and only when, they have an economically viable replacement.

We won’t run out of oil, it realistically is not a possibility. If you don’t understand why then you don’t understand basic economics.

Until someone comes along with something better and tells them to buy that. Then consumers have a decision to make.

The only people who should be deciding what gets phased out when for mass consumption are consumers.

It’s nobody’s business but mine what powers my car.

Someone is going to have to explain exactly what about driving a G-Wagen is asshole-ish. It seems like one of those things that one person said once and we’re all just supposed to believe it without thinking about whether or not it has any truth.

My money is more important than your feelings on guns. I believe the most relevant phrase on this is “Sorry, not sorry.”