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Car Sharing

Regarding my comments previously made about people giving up their cars in favor of bicycles and car-sharing, here's a clip on Orix's car-sharing business:

The video notes a shift in thinking from purchasing and owning a car to borrowing and using one. The housewife in the video figures it costs her at least ¥60,000 a month to operate a car, but with car-sharing, her costs drop to around ¥10,000 a month. That's a significant savings. While Orix already has 5,000 members and the business is just getting started, it's a step in the right direction toward reducing CO2 emissions and the number of cars on the road.

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Bollocks to that. One of the few joys I have in Japan is driving around with my music blasting out at full volume.

I've only got a small car - 660 cc - it's cheap as piss to run, and it's not like there's anywhere to use a fast car in Japan anyway.

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