The World Economic Forum (WEF) wants to end “wasteful” private vehicle ownership, instead it wants “communal sharing” of vehicles to reduce global demands for fossil fuels and precious metals. .A WEF paper argues private vehicles are not good for the planet’s health and most vehicles are barely used..A proposed universal model would take vehicle users “from owning to using” vehicles as the way to move forward to protect the planet..The WEF paper uses the statistic the average car in England is only used 4% of the time, so it would be easy to share vehicles with other people..According to the WEF, it is time to sell your car that just sits there not getting used and walking or sharing vehicles because “car sharing platforms such as Getaround and BlueSG have already seized that opportunity to offer vehicles where you pay per hour used.”.To save the planet, the end of private ownership is required and applies to everything, including cars, private homes, and even “city-wide design principles.”.“A design process that focuses on fulfilling the underlying need instead of designing for product purchasing is fundamental to this transition,” said the WEF. .“This is the mindset needed to redesign cities to reduce private vehicles and other usages.”.The WEF is not the only organization to want people to give up their vehicles..The International Energy Agency (IEA) informed global governments to cut the amount of oil supply to domestic consumers and “nudge” people out of their private cars to lower consumption..The IEA has a plan to reduce the consumption of gas, including reducing speed limits, more electric cars, more cyclist lanes, cheap public transport, long-distance trains instead of airplanes, and working from home at least three days a week..The IEA said these “changes in the behaviour of consumers” are necessary for the planet..An example of these “changes” is Ireland’s 10-year “Climate Action Plan 2019” (CAP) which forced vehicles off the road and packs people into “higher density” cities..The CAP is revolutionizing people’s lives in order to stop the coming “climate apocalypse.”.According to the Irish Independent newspaper, the CAP forces people “out of private cars because they are the biggest offenders for emissions” by banning fossil fuel vehicles from towns and cities.
