Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh, In my considered opinion Cars are the biggest consumer of energy sources and cause of CIimate Change. If you pause and think over the issue you will find, as I have found, that Cars are the most unwanted item on the planet and is used recklessly without any consideration of Energy uses, Ecology, Environment, Climate Change and Global rise in Temperature. They take much more and return the least. Imagine the benefits accrued by utilising the saved resources better somewhere else in some other economic activity in raising the living standard of the people to a decent level with no harm to rich. Though economists and money makers find this, for various reasons, a great product it is really working fully against the interest of ‘Life’ on the planet. Just ask yourself whether everybody really needs a car and are they not being run most of the time for non-essential purposes. If the country adopts better discipline by keeping the residence and work places, education and day to day marketing areas in the same vicinity so many cars will not be needed and huge consumption of energy sources and jams on the roads will be reduced. With the present rate of car production it will become impossible to drive cars on the roads. In fact a simple calculation shows that 15-20 years later the roads in the Indian cities will be used only for parking. Cities after cities are already facing reduced efficiency due to such congestion. Then what benefit the car is meant for if it cannot make movement of humans smooth and relatively fast in reaching their destination. For the same reasons the car making industries also should not be encouraged in the name of tackling recession which is a phenomenon born out of high profit motive, corruption and consumerism. Cars in so many numbers serve little purpose. So they can be easily replaced by Mass Transport system. No congestion on the roads, no meaningless burning of fuels. I hope you will agree with me on this. In view of the facts stated above I request you to please propose to the World leaders in Copenhagen to reduce the number of Cars and production of Cars in next 20 years to 10 percent of the present level of Cars on the road and car under production. With regards, |
