Re: Fuel Efficient Cars (was Oil Economics)

From: Kai M. Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 10:17:10 MST

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    Dehede011@aol.com schrieb:
    > Well, of course in one sense you will pay for possessing the car. If
    > a car has a useful life of 1000 hours and you rent it for an hour then you
    > will pay for that 1/1000th of its life that you used. On top of that you pay
    > for upkeep and the owners time & profit.

    Yes, but I wouldn't have to spend x thousands euro first for something
    that corrodes more or less silently in my garage most of its lifetime.
    And why should I want to have a garage, I want a larger garden instead
    :-) I would spread the costs for transportation over time and still have
    the choice to cancel the service at any time.

    There should be some ways for the provider of this service to reduce
    costs and increase the efficiency. Less cars in use, standardization of
    components, pooled maintenance, buy in large quantities, etc. Time and
    market will show if such a system will have its chance :-)

        Kai, riding home in an 12y old Audi 100...



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