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I-Like-To-Bike
Or how much a year of living costs. Seems that saving $5,000-$10,000 a year by not having a new or very good car really isn't all that much to live on for a year, especially if living above a subsistence level is a desired goal.
It may be like a drop in the bucket for a high roller like you, but many of the families that you purport to be concerned about would no doubt appreciate the extra food that kind of money could put on the dinner table.
It should also be pointed out that not all parents and grandparents are as blasé as you seem to be about catastrophic global climate change and the effects it will have on their descendants if we take your advice and carry on with the car-centric lifestyles that became the norm in the twentieth century.