Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point but all of those seem like examples of my own point. They all have major downsides/tradeoffs. Cars being the most obvious on the list of downsides. The massive environmental cost, the fact that 2% of the land area of the US is paved so that cars could work, the smog and pollution, etc.
If it were true that cars were a complete improvement and cheaper then we wouldn't have bikes anymore. All technologies have tradeoffs
If it were true that cars were a complete improvement and cheaper then we wouldn't have bikes anymore. All technologies have tradeoffs