MADAM, Perhaps someone will invent the solar powered lorry/vehicle? Even 1135 cyclists are better than the carcinogenic fumes emitted by lorries, surely?

Will the current war be called the first world oil war? Oil does not replace itself, it is running out. When it does, millions of vehicles are so much junk, roads a waste of space.

Either solar power or an ongoing improvement in the rail system is needed. Railways, everywhere, in the UK, need electrifying within 30 years. They need improving and even expanding because freight will have to be moved somehow, the 'petrol tankers will not be required!

Motorways will, perhaps, have to be turned into rapid transit systems, powered by non-fossil means. The A49 etc will be a quiet, pollution-free, pedestrian area or, at least, electrified for trolley buses and trams. Public transport will be the only way to get around.

Taking on burdensome debt to buy a 'status symbol' vehicle?

Don't bother, buy cheap and second-hand. Oil for petrol will run out in present citizens' lifetimes, including mine - unless I'm assassinated by the petrol-chemical companies!

J EVERED,

Goylands Close, Llandrindod Wells.