I WRITE in regard to your most recent article regarding the successful car-sharing arrangement between two households, "Breathe easy, share the car" (WT, February 10).

I absolutely love the strong sense of sharing and community it brings between people and it is a smart extension of many other similar asset-sharing arrangements I'm aware of.

I know of two couples sharing a single caravan and three households sharing the ownership and use of a boat or trailer.

I also know of up to six families sharing the huge cost-burden of a holiday shack and using it on a rotation, or booking system basis, which suits all.

These arrangements all enable the household budget to stretch much further and give people access to luxuries they might not have been able to afford on their own.

The beauty of the car-sharing arrangement is that it is also great for your health and the environment.

But the same can also be said for any other sharing arrangements, as they all ultimately reduce the demand on the world's limited resources.

If we only have one of something, better that three share it, rather than have one each.

Nowadays, in the world's major consumer-based economies, there seems to be that all-too-common phenomenon that you have to have bigger and better than the Joneses.

These schemes break that perception completely and are a great back-to-basics approach - a win-win, for all.

Unfortunately, I live 20km outside town and the nearest neighbour is many kilometres away, so a car-sharing scheme isn't practical in my particular situation.

But I can only hope that your article has inspired many others to adopt similar models and put the word "unity" back into community.

It's what our world needs at the moment, as ultimately we all share the single earth we live on and we should do everything we can, no matter how small, to try and look after it.

Shaun Taylor, Bordertown, South Australia

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