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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do a lot of things for the environment, but we also need to carpool. Our Subaru Outback won’t suffice much longer for the reason that we have 2 kids. We can’t car pool except to bring 1 more kid. There are not a ton of 1 kid families and those families don’t always have space in their cars for our two.

If you want to fit 3-5 kids + sports gear, you will need an SUV or minivan. [/quote]

So in Europe and the rest of the world why are they able to do this without the need for a HUGE suv? [/quote]

They dont do travel sports the same way. Cars are really really expensive. Public transport and trains is more developed and they all just have less stuff. [/quote]

They don't do travel sports because travel sports are stupid, and American invention designed to ensure UMC spend more money by privatizing kids playing soccer (something they could do in rec leagues! which are cheap and convenient). Cars are expensive there because cars are really, really inefficient ways to move people around and those countries actually want to reduce fossil fuels and not just destroy the planet for future generations. And they have more public transport because they use the money from taxes (including high taxes on cars and fuel) to fund high quality and convenient public transportations specifically because it reduces reliance on cars plus it also ensures that people with lower incomes can still get to school and work, thus improving economic inequality.

And having less stuff is good! We should all have less stuff. "Stuff" is killing the planet.

Europe is not just culturally different resulting in fewer SUVs and smaller homes. These are choices they have made through policies and also collective action. Choices intended to make things better for everyone. In the US, we don't believe in making things better for everyone. We only want to make things better for ourselves on an individual basis. And it will kill us in the end.[/quote]

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