Also: no hassles with oil exploration, discovery, recovery, refining, transport, storage, or the Middle East situation.

I’m hoping that by the time my 2011 Honda Insight (40K mi., 50 mpg) needs replacement, I won’t have to buy another vehicle: there will be on-demand, self-driving, robot golf-carts to take me to/from the transit station to my destination. No need for personal ownership, insurance, maintenance, storage, depreciation,…