TO my mind the letters from David Williams and Agnes Kocsis (Oxford Mail, June 13) are connected.

The major problem with Oxford is the private motor car which has become a form of litter clogging the streets producing, what seems to be, an intractable situation. However, one does have the feeling that, in due course, fossil fuels will become scarce to the point where the cost of fuelling a car will become prohibitive.

The result of this should be that the motor car will become less and less used which, in the end, might cure Oxford’s traffic problems.

There’s no doubt that the oil companies will continue to search for and extract more and more oil while there is a demand, or, until it becomes uneconomic not to do so.

There is little doubt that the continued burning of fossil fuel will produce increased problems with the weather, with more rain, snow and wind, resulting in more flooding, not only inland but also at the coast effected by rising sea levels.

There could also be a problem with food production, so that countries will be searching the world for food to fill the gap, with, no doubt, more rain forests being felled to supply the demand.

I can’t say that, unless things change, the future looks bright.

DERRICK HOLT Fortnam Close Headington