the elite form of travel

Newsweek has an article on what would happen if oil hit $200/barrel. Things sure would change, but we're ready- we just bought our insurance for the unsure energy future. It's a red 2006 Honda Elite 80. 90 mpg and way more fun than a car. Now we can zip around town using less than a third of the gas that my car uses. If only more people would do the same. Most of the cars on the road are only carrying one person and little or no cargo. Scooters are the way to go. How is it that Europe and Asia have been doing this for years, but in the US we insist on having three cars (or SUVs) in every driveway? And theres no excuse for city dwellers, where most places are only a few miles away. It feels good to escape from a bulky, inefficient automobile and it's expensive fuel.