What if, instead of all of us paying in order to have a car industry, we take that tax money and pay to an ecological restoration industry or functioning healthcare industry or whatever. Have you seen the map of superfund sites? Statistically speaking, you are almost certainly living within 10 miles of a superfund
https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=...
There is a LOT of other work we could be doing if we stopped trying to uphold existing uncompetitive industries