I like their idea of not being dependant upon the outside world but I think with their disallowing of owning technology they become dependant upon someone else. As pointed out, many have to accept rides with neighbors, I'd rather own a plain pickup truck that I could use myself rather than asking for a ride from someone else. Only problem is that makes me dependant upon the gasoline infrastructure (though they could easily go biodeisel) and the .gov's licensing system. Where I live now I can easily walk to anything I need/want so I don't need a vehicle but have one bacause it does save time and keps me from being depenat upon a neighbor.