I nearly lost my mind when I learned that Earth has the capacity for and blueprints for the infrastructure that could support far more efficient transportation, and simply elects not to use it in favor of environment-destroying engines of mass manslaughter.
Automobiles are similarly extant on Terra, but mainland Terra has logistical limitations to its infrastructure that inhibit, for instance, Ægirian modes of public transit. Despite this, nations such as Yan have still managed to handle transportation in a more effective manner than that wretched pit of depravity known as 'Seattle.'
while nothing you've said is technically incorrect, i think it's important to mention that our more "sophisticated" transportation systems rely on the very originium energy at the root of the crisis rhodes island strives to resolve.
we have our own self-made troubles. look into the history of the earthen automotive industry, and i'm sure you'll find a tangled web of complex motivations that shaped the existing mess.
