with the importance on the world stage of fossil fuels and energy resources, all the lobbying by the involved industries to prop up their agenda, with all the romance of the road, the rout 66 mythos, the jack kerouacing of every college kid.. with all the “brand new cars” given away on the price is right, all the obsessive attention afforded chrome rims, the booming 2 dollar dashboard bobble-head industry, etc, you’d think we’d be further along with our transportation than the hyundai accent and the kia rio