English is not my mother tongue, but I think you are focusing too much on words:
My hatred for the automobile grows every day -> My hatred for how pervasive automobile are in cities and for how they damage city planning grows every day.
There, now GP hates a trend in society.
For the second part: this is essentially choosing how free you want markets to be (and how much of society you want to be a market).
In my opinion better alternatives would be more walkable cities and better public transports, which are helped by zone-based auto ban.
Regarding raising the price of gasoline I agree that it would be a terrible choice, it would impact the least the cities and the most industrial transports and rural areas (the only sectors were car/trucks are truly needed)
My hatred for the automobile grows every day -> My hatred for how pervasive automobile are in cities and for how they damage city planning grows every day.
There, now GP hates a trend in society.
For the second part: this is essentially choosing how free you want markets to be (and how much of society you want to be a market).
In my opinion better alternatives would be more walkable cities and better public transports, which are helped by zone-based auto ban.
Regarding raising the price of gasoline I agree that it would be a terrible choice, it would impact the least the cities and the most industrial transports and rural areas (the only sectors were car/trucks are truly needed)