VeganPizza69 Ⓥ to Fuck CarsEnglish • 5 months agoPity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet | Catherine Bennettwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24arrow-up1187arrow-down127cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkPity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet | Catherine Bennettwww.theguardian.comVeganPizza69 Ⓥ to Fuck CarsEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square24cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@ClockworkOtterlinkEnglish23•5 months agoI’m pretty sure the general recipient of attacks on SUVs is the manufacturers. They’re the ones building and advertising the planet killers, and lobbying against restrictions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•5 months agoYeah but also they’re consistently more popular in the North American market since there’s a cult of mutually assured destruction among drivers. “There are so many big cats on the road, if they hit my sedan they won’t get hurt! I must buy a bigger car so they get hurt and I don’t”
I’m pretty sure the general recipient of attacks on SUVs is the manufacturers. They’re the ones building and advertising the planet killers, and lobbying against restrictions.
Yeah but also they’re consistently more popular in the North American market since there’s a cult of mutually assured destruction among drivers.
“There are so many big cats on the road, if they hit my sedan they won’t get hurt! I must buy a bigger car so they get hurt and I don’t”