> In some sense I prefer a Lamborghini to the Hyundai I own. I guess everybody would.
Why would you think that? I for one definitely would not prefer a machine that not only has hideous resource consumption but also makes it much easier to kill myself in it.
That is true, yet it has nothing to do with the strange universal claim that "everyone would prefer X". In a world with over seven billion people in it, such universal claims are inherently dangerous.
Yes, we're agreeing with each other. I think the NIMBY view that everybody prefers detached single-family housing is both wrong in the abstract and in the actual. People should simply be free to express their preferences in a market.
Why would you think that? I for one definitely would not prefer a machine that not only has hideous resource consumption but also makes it much easier to kill myself in it.