Transportation and Efficiency

When a person buys a truck or an SUV, there’s no long term practicality being considered; rather, only the short term. Transporting out-of-town relatives, the infrequent carpooling to work, towing a mobile home up a mountain, etc. are more practical, obviously, in the short term because they are rare occurrences, not the daily habit. While it might seem like a novel concept to be immediately ready to host a party of 20 in your people-carrier, the truth is it rarely happens. Having such a small occurrence weigh so heavily on such an important decision, at this point, seems silly.

How can transportation, of such great importance to so many people, not be more effectively provided in our society? Where are the local chains that provide access to a large number of pickups and gas guzzlers, when they’re occasionally needed, for a cheap monthly fee? Such an organization, if effectively handled, would virtually eliminate the last seemingly plausible reason for having to buy one in the first place.