PEZ or shipping containers? (scale and appearance)

I went to the Alameda flea market today and I loved the location where it is held- the huge shipping containers all scattered around like colored PEZ, and the enormous lifts that pluck them up into the air as if they are no heavier than PEZ. It reminded me of the effect scale has on the individual's sense of reality. It also seemed a bit ridiculous. In light of my thoughts last week about gravity with the Q drum invention- this is just so anti-gravity. To build these enormous lifts only to move a container from one place to another- it seems like such a waste of energy, materials, etc. Maybe it is not, but that's the way these lifts made me feel. It's interesting to think that maybe these lifts are extremely efficient and it's just their appearance that makes me feel like they are wasteful. It reminds me that, in general, an object's design may be efficient and well-made, but if it appears otherwise, it may lose the interest of many users. Even though these lifts seem excessive, I'm still attracted to them because of their sheer scale.