The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests.
Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more than half of all new car sales across the globe, the group said, and it’s not alone. The International Energy Agency, using a narrower definition of SUV, estimates they make up nearly half.
Over the years these cars have gotten bigger and so has their cost to the climate, as carbon dioxide emissions “are almost directly proportional to fuel use” for gas-powered cars. The carbon that goes in at the pump comes out the tailpipe.
Transportation is responsible for around one-quarter of all the climate-warming gases that come from energy, and much of that is attributable to passenger transport, according to the International Energy Agency.
It’s been shown through statistics: People who drive Trucks and SUVs mostly use them to pick up the kids from soccer practice and haul groceries. Only a sliver of them actually use their trucks for hauling anything.
They really need to start owning it and just driving fucking minivans, they drive the “big truck” to make up for their flaccid, basic lives.
Meanwhile I’m hauling big chunks of wood I found on the side of the road in the trunk of my Corolla
Are you really calling people basic and flaccid and suggesting they should drive a van because it fits that description? I’m not sure who you’re talking to, but that’s not painting a picture of a vehicle anyone would ever buy.
I own a minivan because I give zero shits what you or anyone else think about what I drive, but our next vehicle will be a SUV because minivans aren’t actually superior in any way once your kids are over about 7, and they aren’t really commonly made. Beyond Toyota, who even makes them? Chrysler has gone from the Town & Country to the Pacifica which is basically an SUV with sliding doors. No one wants minivans so no one makes them. Probably because people call them basic and flaccid.
Can confirm. Have an aunt who is like 5’5" and drives a Toyota RAV4.
Never uses it for anything she couldn’t use a sedan for. But it’s big!
I disagree.
They drive a big truck/SUV because driving is the most terrifying and dangerous and deadly thing they do on a regular basis.