Want opinions automatic vs. manual transmission

[YarisBlazer]

If we jump 30 years into the future, I think manual will go the way of the dinosaur, at least in the United States; we cannot rely on Mid-East oil forever; I think in the future to have one car will be considered a luxury item; most people will either ride public tranposrt or bicycles, as they do now in China which has over 1 billion people; when the USA has 500+ million people (which it will by 2050) I highly doubt most people will have cars; if they do they'll all be auto transmissions and probably most of them will be ethanol-based, electric, or hybrids; just my 2 cents.

[grampi]

Originally Posted by YarisBlazer

If we jump 30 years into the future, I think manual will go the way of the dinosaur, at least in the United States; we cannot rely on Mid-East oil forever; I think in the future to have one car will be considered a luxury item; most people will either ride public tranposrt or bicycles, as they do now in China which has over 1 billion people; when the USA has 500+ million people (which it will by 2050) I highly doubt most people will have cars; if they do they'll all be auto transmissions and probably most of them will be ethanol-based, electric, or hybrids; just my 2 cents.

I agree with some of your post. I do believe the look of transportation will be vastly different 30 years from now and the internal combustion engine will be a thing of the past. However, it will be easier to convert over to battery powered, or hydrogen powered vehicles than it would be to change the entire structure of our transportation system. People will still have to drive just as much, they just won't be driving gas powered cars.

[brickhardmeat]

agreed, people will just be driving smaller, more efficient, alternatively fueld vehicles in more heavily conjested cities

that is unless we are enslaved to the chinese
or nuked off the face of the earth