@datarama I agree that this absolves the street-kid but I don't think it absolves the middle-class worker who chooses an SUV where a compact car (or even a bus) will do.

For example, my neighbourhood is much more sparsely populated than yours and we can't really avoid car ownership. That's systemic. But we chose a compact EV instead of a pickup - which is a choice we can make (now)

Those sorts of choices do matter if enough people make them.