When you consider the total cost of ownership (initial car cost, maintenance, insurance, storage, etc.), the cost per km/mile is way higher than the fuel cost.

When you consider the total cost of ownership (initial car cost, maintenance, insurance, storage, etc.), the cost per km/mile is way higher than the fuel cost. Also there are many externalized costs that are not taken into account when considering the bare cost of driving a car, just to name a few the environmental impact, the related healthcare costs (pollution kills more people per year than COVID), parking space, road infrastructure, car accidents, ... Some of these grow non linearly when reducing/eliminating public transport. (edited to add TCO considerations)