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Earth has more than a billion cars—and counting

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We have officially surrendered the planet to our metal overlords. There are over 1.4 billion cars traversing the globe right now. With automobile production churning out tens of millions of new vehicles every single year, the car population is growing at a rate that drastically outpaces human reproduction. We are just the fleshy chauffeurs.

Earth has more than a billion cars—and counting
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