> We care about industries such as this because they contribute massively to the public purse, provide stability to entire regions via employment, and make prod

> We care about industries such as this because they contribute massively to the public purse, provide stability to entire regions via employment, and make products that much of the world relies on right now. Most of the world doesn't produce cars. Why should they care? They are still using cars, wasting their lives in traffic jams and dying early because of air pollution. Many of them will have to migrate because of climate change. > Horses weren't banned to encourage a car industry to emerge, users gravitated towards cars until eventually horses were superfluous/a burden. What does it change? Industry died. Societal costs were there. Nobody cared.