Global sales of polluting SUVs hit record high in 2023, data shows
www.theguardian.com
Half of all new cars are now SUVs, making them a major cause of the intensifying climate crisis, say experts
  • AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    There’s easier, more effective battles to fight. People aren’t giving up their SUV’s, and they are a symptom of a bigger problem anyway. Good public transportation could eliminate millions of cars, roads, and road maintenance.

    A few other ideas:

    • Coal power is disgusting and doesn’t even make sense economically anymore.
    • Cruise ships and mega yachts should flat out be banned. They use a ton of energy and dump sewage right into the ocean
    • Heavily tax gas powered lawnmowers. They have a surprisingly large environmental impact because they have no pollution controls and often burn a mixture of oil and gas.
    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The increase in SUVs isn’t driven by people’s natural preferences; it’s driven by automakers being incentivized by stupid CAFE standards to push SUVs on them. Those bad regulations are what we need to fix.