Considering the constant fatalities, rampant pollution, and exorbitant costs of ownership, there is no better word to characterize the car\u2019s dominance than insane.
\nBy EDWARD HUMES, The Atlantic
\nThe car is the star. That\u2019s been true for well over a century\u2014unrivaled staying power for an industrial-age, pistons-and-brute-force machine in an era so dominated by silicon and software. Cars conquered the daily culture of American life back when top hats and child labor were in vogue, and well ahead of such other innovations as radio, plastic, refrigerators, the electrical grid, and women\u2019s suffrage.
\nA big part of why they\u2019ve stuck around is that they are the epitome of convenience. That\u2019s the allure and the promise that\u2019s kept drivers hooked, dating all the way back to the versatile, do-everything Ford Model T. Convenience (some might call it freedom) is not a selling point to be easily dismissed\u2014this trusty conveyance, always there, always ready, on no schedule but its owner\u2019s. Buses can\u2019t do that. Trains can\u2019t do that. Even Uber makes riders wait.
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\nAccounting for all costs, from fuel to insurance to depreciation, the average car owner in the U.S. pays $12,544 a year for a car that puts in a mere 14-hour workweek. Drive an SUV? Tack on another $1,908.14
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\n[Even more examples on waste and absurdities of the Automobile.]
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Considering the constant fatalities, rampant pollution, and exorbitant costs of ownership, there is no better word to characterize the car\u2019s dominance than insane. By EDWARD HUMES, The Atlantic The car is the star. That\u2019s been true for well over a century\u2014unrivaled staying power for an industrial-age, pistons-and-brute-force machine in an era so dominated by silicon … <\/p>\n