Plastic waste in seas/oceans

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I think one factor being missed, is that 'ownership' of vehicles, as we know it, will dissappear. The 'Car Club' principle, together with driverless vehicles, will change things dramatically. You want to go somewhere, and you whistle up a driverless electric taxi. Whether it's just to go shopping, or on holiday, it'll drop you off and pick you up. It'll be a sad day for motorcycling. We might be the last generation to own and ride bikes.

Unlikely. History has shown thus far that govts will use economic measures to change habits: i.e. taxation. Zones which you will have to pay to enter/use/drive through. Local taxation schemes to fund alternative transport infrastructure etc etc. Some areas already have theses schemes, others are sure to follow. They still want us to use the private motor car because it raises massive revenue, as does the oil industry which still wants us to burn fossil fuel, hence melting the ice caps to get at the reserves