> We did. We made travel cheap and easy and it has benefited us massively.
If you're referring to ICE and automobiles, that "cheap" cost is bought by uncountable externalities that aren't on the balance sheet: many lives and wars to secure this cheap fuel, not to mention climate change.
That's being fixed already with new propulsion methods - namely, electric power, which could potentially be provided via cleaner energy sources (wind, solar, fission, geothermal, fusion (someday), etc.). This will soon make automobiles even cheaper on all fronts - even those that - as you say - "aren't on the balance sheet".
Arguments to ban cars outright because of climate change and oil might've been relevant in the 20th century, but now they're pretty much moot, so long as electric vehicles continue to grow in popularity.
No disagreement there. I was merely pointing out that objecting to cars because of their pollution is silly when more and more of us are driving around in electric vehicles.
If you're referring to ICE and automobiles, that "cheap" cost is bought by uncountable externalities that aren't on the balance sheet: many lives and wars to secure this cheap fuel, not to mention climate change.