Many people do purely use these cars for no purpose besides them being a status symbol, or to be more secure on the road (which could be suggestive of a non-confident or bad driver).
The roads are getting more dangerous and the climate is taking a bigger hit as a result of these cars being on the road. I'm sure once in a while they're useful for transporting things, but that point fails to come across when the bulk of the time that isn't the case, and it's just one person in an otherwise empty SUV driving to work.
In the same way me configuring which interfaces to bind to also could be suggestive of a non confident or bad firewall configuration ability.
And sure, most of the time the car gets used for other purposes, because people have to WORK atleast 5 days a week, and government policies (amongst cost of actual car ofc) makes it unfavorable to have a big car for when you need that, and a small car for daily commute.
Most of the time you dont need a big computer, so I now demand, and Demand the government legislates it, that ANY computing purpose you do that could be served with a sub 2W arm device, be done so. Leave those filthy amds and intels to those who run 24/7 workloads. The climate commands you!
On the other hand, SUV drivers directly make my life less safe every single day.
This shouldn’t even be thought of primarily as a climate issue - pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are up simply because of the size of cars on the road today.
It’s simply not worth it, and cities should tax SUV drivers accordingly.
If the SUV rabies won't abate, we need stronger measures.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-...
"toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for smartphones, consumer gadgets and green tech"
Hmm interresting, I dont see "created by thirst of land rovers". Funny how the car manufacture do not create dystopian nightmarish lakes, right? When did this begin to happen? What is it? was it perhaps when everyone wanted the fancy new ipads and smartphones? whats that I hear, a smartwatch? perhaps some IOT crap?
Its so easy to condemn what you do not like yourself, but just remember, when you are pointing one finger out, 3 are pointing back.
*That* is the negative externality that isn’t really discussed (or dealt with by government bodies).
We can talk about the climate some other time. But yes, you’re correct - everyone living in the modern world has comforts with negative environmental impact. There is no middle ground, either I go feral or I start killing Polar Bears.
Many people use Range Rovers to simply drop their kids off at school, to drive to work, or to transport groceries.
If you're really for people leading active lifestyles, maybe those such people should get their kid to walk to school.