Is it possible to live without a car?

MattSavinar · Elite Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 1999

I'm 29 and have never owned one.

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Last_Laff · Heavy Crude Joined: Sep 16, 2006 Posts: 248

I'm 34 and I've never own one. But I own a bicycle and have been traveling afar.

To consider this; there'd be no Peak Oil in my lifetime.
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Most of Rural America would disintegrate in 5 days without cars. Sad, but true. I'm blessed with a 5 mile (easy bike ride) commute, but most people out here have 20-40 mile one way commutes. I'm not even sure carpooling would be much of an option. Should be interesting in a couple more years...
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Concerned · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Sep 23, 2004 Posts: 1536

Considering the overwhelming majority of humanity does in fact live without a car the it's certainly possible.

I have owned 4 cars in my life and don't plan on giving it up until I can no longer afford to run one. Cars are convenient, time saving and an easy way to get around the city.
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darren · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 133

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How about having a car and living without a house? Check out this interesting website:

http://guide2homelessness.blogspot.com/2004/10/introduction-to-project.html

Doly · Expert Joined: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 4034

Let's bring that age figure up: I'm 35 and never owned a car, in fact, I never learned to drive. Which hasn't stopped me from having jobs that required commuting. I had to commute in five out of six jobs. One I managed by asking colleagues to drive me there, one by bus and three by train.

nocar · Intermediate Crude Joined: Nov 05, 2004 Posts: 680

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Revi · Fusion Joined: Apr 25, 2005 Posts: 3252 Location: Maine

I agree with nocar. The really rural areas are going to be the first to lose their cars. Think about this, when gasoline gets hard to get are they going to drive it way out in the country to service stations, or are they going to sell it closer at a better price? I'll bet that little town far out in the boonies will stop having gas stations. That will require people to drive an hour to the gas station and an hour back. That will eat up a half a tank. Now the car isn't so useful any more. Farms will have a supply, but easy motoring will be over in the really rural areas of this country.

I read that as recently as the 1930's farmers always brought a lot of stuff in to trade whenever they went to town. They didn't just drive around. They went to market. I can see this happening, but communting to a job in a town an hour away is already a losing proposition for most rural people.