Pity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet | Catherine Bennett
www.theguardian.com
With the royals as ambassadors for these luxury cars, there’s little hope for the rest of us
  • ClockworkOtter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
      171·
      6 months ago

      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”