I hope it starts out as better than bunker grade crude or we could never have light oil!
The Left has always hated the idea of personal transportation. It gives the proles ideas that are above themselves.
'1984' is a Leftist wish list. The dimmer they are, the higher they see themselves ranked and honored in a Communist utopia. If everyone is absolutely equal, then the dimmest union floor sweeper is worth the same as a theoretical physicist.
Ponder this. It took 8 years to catch the serial killer Chicatilo because Marxist theory dictates that in the Communist Perfect World, good party members would only kill as a benefit to the Party.