PROGRESS!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! EAT THAT STONE AGE!!!!

How long until there’s a kajillion cars on the roads.

One would hope that there will be some stimulus or regulations in developing countries to curtail pollution. For educational tour everyone is welcomed to midtown Manhattan during traffic rush hour.

Some perverted part of me finds this very cool despite the horrific effects this growth will have on the environment.

‘Flintstones… Meet the Flintstones,
They’re a modern stoneage family.
From the town of Bedrock,
They’re a page right out of history.

Let’s ride with the family down the street.
Thru the courtesy of Fred’s two feet.

When you’re with the Flintstones,
have a yabba dabba doo time,
a dabba doo time,
we’ll have a gay old time.
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones’…

This is bad for several reasons – it’ll promote moving away from city centers, which means more driving and less walking. The problem isn’t pollution, it’s the potentiation of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc….

In 20 years the world will be one homogeneous melting pot. Whether you’re in New York or Bangaldesh, the population will look similar. Too bad

Thats below average.

Make Mars habitable already, dammit!

only 20 years until we all are same color brown, my Irish ass better get humping.

so does this mean that car accidents and car related deaths will also go up in emerging markets?

better get into the repair business.

And one day, it all came to a grinding halt.

Glad I don’t live there. The only thing going for these 3rd world countries is that they walk alot and eat fibre rich food. Now they can drive, pollute, eat junk food too. Watch the rate of diabetes, obesity and stupidity rise in all these countries as a result of this. I think the world is getting dirtier.

Jonnyhockystick,

Thanks for ‘courtesy of Freds 2 feet’ … always wondered what the hell that verse was.

1 billion cars ….. all stuck in traffic ….. and no one can find a parking space

What this means is oil prices will continue to go up and up and up. It will eventually get so expensive that many of these emerging markets/3rd world countries who are now buying cars will stop as they won’t be able to afford the gas to run them anymore. This won’t happen though until gas gets to about $10 a gallon, which will likely happen by 2012. Watch.

One billion personal transportation devices utilizing technology that is over 100 years old – what a waste of natural resources. There are prototype engines out there that run on anything from electricity to water and air producing zero emissions. If only one of the corporations could pick up on a fresh and clean idea and invest into its development instead of crying about declining sales numbers…but wait, it’s all about oil and money these days.

That has to be the most useless comment EVER. You are worthless.

If Al Gore were dead he would be rolling over in his grave.

Now he has to fly all over the world to stop cars.

Flying….wasting oil and polluting..

KILL THE AIRPLANES, KILL KILL KILL !!!

We need to bicycle and walk more. No need to waste all these resources on cars if you live in a congested city with good weather.

No matter what you guys think, the earth will live without humans. When you talk about the world coming to an end, all your talking about is humans coming to an end. No amount of pollutions gonna change that.

Commodore- The rates you most likely read are falsely leading. There may be a car for every 93 people in America, but consider most people own more than one car.

Really though, rethink the rest of your comment.

Deanster- Most of China does ride on bikes, and so does India. Rickshaw carts are pretty popular too, which is what this Tata is going to be replacing.

Get Real- You think Al Gore should “Get Real” about that 12 cylinder Mercedes he rides around in, in “An Inconvenient Truth”?

Cm90si- I’d go for a diesel car, if someone produced one that fits my needs (I’d think about a Volkswagen station wagon, but it’s a little out of my price range). I would buy a Jeep Liberty, but I’m not really into SUV’s either. Prius is nice, but it’s just hype.

Walking, are you freeking crazy ????

You will release more CO2 from walking then sitting.

All people here, kill yourself and save the earth.