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Re:People have no bloody idea about saving energy by MichaelSalib on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @02:43PM (#1615149)
It is an environmental sin to own a "gas guzzling" truck or SUV

At times I wonder how much of the truck/SUV critique is really driven by environmental concerns. I know a lot of people that hate SUVs because they can't see around the damn things which makes driving more hazardous. And I've raged at trucks and SUVs whose regular headlights completely blinded me because they're set two feet higher than a normal car's. That makes me wonder how many people are enraged about those vehicles but frame their critiques in environmental terms because you can't yell at someone you know because someone else who drives the same vehicle pissed you off, but you can yell at them about a more generalized harm like environmental pollution....

Re:People have no bloody idea about saving energy by dejb on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @09:49PM (#1616240)
> I know a lot of people that hate SUVs because they can't see around the damn things which makes driving more hazardous.

Not to mention how much worse it would be to end up in an accident with one of them.

Re:People have no bloody idea about saving energy by pyre on Thursday August 19, 2010 @02:31AM (#1616679)
Too many people think that SUVs are 'safe' because of stuff like this. They feel that they will buy it, it will be a 'tank,' and they can drive any-which-way, completely care-free (nevermind things like the higher center-of-gravity...).