There was a time, decades ago, when people worked in factories.
The motor vehicle is a good example of this. Although they had a lot of really clever robotic arms to move parts and equipment around, they still had workers at all of the processing areas. Next came the new generation of machines that didn’t require people to oversee them. They managed themselves. Then every machine in the factory was linked to all the others. This meant that they became truly self-managing; meaning self-scheduling, self-cleaning and self-repairing. Those first consolidated plants were pumping cars out at such an increased rate that the cost of production dropped radically and so did the prices at the car yards. They became cheap enough to be within reach of most people who hadn’t got one. Everybody wanted a car and eventually, worldwide, just about everybody did.
Unhappily, last week it was officially announced that the world has run out of oil.
Currently there is a huge rush on bicycles.
Tyres may be a problem…