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by alistairSH 2900 days ago
4% of 24 hours is about 58 minutes.

So, 6% of the 16 hours/day you're awake. 9% of the 11 hours/day you aren't sleeping or working.

Sure, owning a car is useful. But, private car ownership is highly inefficient.

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The vast, vast bulk of things that people own they use a small percentage of the time. To be sure, cars are expensive, their storage may be expensive in some locations, and at least some people are fine with just renting a generic car. But just observing that something isn't in use a high percentage of the time doesn't really tell you anything about whether it makes sense to own vs. short-term rent.