There are more than 1 billion cars on road in the world today for a population of 7 billion human beings. As per studies conducted by the OECD the automobile density will reach its maximum of 650 to 800 cars per 1,000 inhabitants very soon. So does having so many cars on road demonstrate progress? Or is it  a matter of grave concern?

While public transportation has been making life easy for denizens of cities, it is still the private car which is the primary means of transportation for most suburban families. While concentrated research is being conducted in developing new technologies with clean and green fuel there is no denying the fact that it is the fossil fuel powered car that is the mainstay of personal transportation today.

The population needs to move and the pollution from their cars is not enough of a deterrent to make a switch to a more expensive and less reliable means of green transport. They may consider car pooling but beyond that the environment is not too much of a concern. So yes the private car is indeed a boon to the family and a bane to the environment. And till scientific researchers come up with an alternative that can be mass produced and is cheap enough to compete, the fossil fuel powered car is here to stay.