VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoPity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet | Catherine Bennettwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down127
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkPity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet | Catherine Bennettwww.theguardian.comVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareClockworkOtter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·9 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-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·9 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”