Jack Kerouac asked: "Whither thou goest America, in thy shiny car in the night?" Grist Magazine asks: How much does it cost you, the economy, and the environment to get there? In our latest Counter Culture column, we assemble recent stats on automobiles. (Such as this one: In 1995, the average U.S. family drove 34,459 miles, or enough to circumnavigate the Earth about one and a third times.) For similarly interesting -- and appalling -- numbers, check out Counter Culture, only on the Grist Magazine website.