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Anonymous wrote:Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

Soon all these large SUV's and full size trucks will be electric. What will you have to complain about then?

This will be better than our present situation, but there will still be a lot of CO2 released in the production process. Some SUVs weigh more than 6000 pounds. This is more than twice as much as compact car. 6000 pounds -- and the associated CO2 -- is excessive.

We not only need to electrify the economy, but we need to downsize our houses and cars, and reduce our tendency to buy lots of stuff that we barely use and that toss in the rubbish bin. These changes are needed even in the absence of climate change. They are needed to reduce our energy requirements so that they can be served, in the long run, by renewable sources. Fossil fuels are finite and will not last forever. Nuclear power is also a finite resource.

Here is an excellent book written on sustainable energy rewritten by a British physicist named David MacKay. He has since passed away, but his ideas remain valid. The book examines if renewable resources -- developed to their theoretical full potential -- can satisfy our present level of energy consumption. The answer is clearly NO. So significant lifestyle changes are necessary or, alternatively, we need to gradually reduce the human population to a sustainable level.

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Anonymous wrote:Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

WE DON'T CARE

There are plenty of people who feel quite differently, so I'm not sure who the "WE" is.

Do you doubt the science behind global warming? Or perhaps you just don't care what happens to the planet that you are passing onward to your kids and grandkids?

Anonymous wrote:Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

WE DON'T CARE

Anonymous wrote:Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

Soon all these large SUV's and full size trucks will be electric. What will you have to complain about then?

Anonymous wrote:Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

Why pick on large SUVs when the whole culture here is to buy tons of stuff that is not necessary like huge houses and all the crap that comes with those, tons of unnecessary travel and other luxury items, excessive amounts of food and etc and etc

Huge SUVs like the Chevy Suburban. Even if you have a bunch of kids, the size of this SUV is excessive and the gas mileage is horrible --15 mpg!!

I don't understand how so many educated people in this area can make the decision to buy these gas-guzzling vehicles. It isn't ignorance of the facts. These drivers (1) know that climate change is real; (2) know that SUVs are a non-trivial component of CO2 emissions; and (3) know that fossil fuels are a finite resource that could eventually be exhausted. Armed with this knowledge, I don't understand how educated people can purchase a big SUV.

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe we have an 8 page spread of people crapping on cars that others like. Don't like SUVs, don't buy one.

welcome to the swamp - where everyone has an opinion. not sure how you didn't pick up on that living here the most partisan place on the planet

Can't believe we have an 8 page spread of people crapping on cars that others like. Don't like SUVs, don't buy one.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Cadillac Escalades were tacky but whenever I see a wealthy pretty mom in a sparkly white new one, I think they look pretty nice.

9/10 when seeing one of these big suvs on the road (escalade, tahoe, sequoia, things like that) there's only one person in them. The driver! Seems like a big waste to me.

Do like the tahoe's look though.

Me too. It's the waste that gets me. If the car was full of kids, I'd smile and wave. But waste gets me every time.

Are people with a bunch of kids supposed to have two cars, one for when they drive with the kids and one without? And then how are they supposed to handle a situation where they've just dropped the kids off? Inquiring minds what to know.

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Anonymous wrote:All sports cars but specifically Corvettes.

My friend is OLD and if a dude pulls up in a sports car it's an immediate NO.

Don’t be so jealous that you don’t have money or your wife’s permission to buy a toy. Maybe when you are old you get your chance

Lol! This is a personification of what I hate. This is exactly the person I expect to be inside those horrible cars.

Correction... this is exactly the horrible person I expect to be inside those cars.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is kind of pathetic. The majority of the people here clearly are just hating on cars they can't afford, with a handful of people making judgmental comments.

Europe has plenty of rich people who live in smaller houses and drive smaller cars than they can afford. Going as big as in US is just not a thing. Not sure when this 'I can afford it, I just don't want it' makes it to US. The companies still push the bigger is better and that hasn't been true for awhile. There are million other things to do that enjoy a big house or a car. There are a lot of cars I don't care for because cars are not my thing. Money or not, I would not buy any of the ones mention previously.

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Anonymous wrote:All sports cars but specifically Corvettes.

My friend is OLD and if a dude pulls up in a sports car it's an immediate NO.

Don’t be so jealous that you don’t have money or your wife’s permission to buy a toy. Maybe when you are old you get your chance

Lol! This is a personification of what I hate. This is exactly the person I expect to be inside those horrible cars.

Anonymous wrote:Jeeps are the most cringe car in the world. I regularly fight the urge to slash the tires and top every time I see one in a parking lot. I just want to punch their owners in the face.

Haha, I love my Jeep. If you knew me, you'd probably be surprised I have one.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Cadillac Escalades were tacky but whenever I see a wealthy pretty mom in a sparkly white new one, I think they look pretty nice.

9/10 when seeing one of these big suvs on the road (escalade, tahoe, sequoia, things like that) there's only one person in them. The driver! Seems like a big waste to me.

Do like the tahoe's look though.

Me too. It's the waste that gets me. If the car was full of kids, I'd smile and wave. But waste gets me every time.

Anonymous wrote:I thought Cadillac Escalades were tacky but whenever I see a wealthy pretty mom in a sparkly white new one, I think they look pretty nice.

9/10 when seeing one of these big suvs on the road (escalade, tahoe, sequoia, things like that) there's only one person in them. The driver! Seems like a big waste to me.

Do like the tahoe's look though.