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Re:The Death of the Minivan by nradov on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @08:08PM (#41726103)
Oh please. Everything is "wasteful" to some extent. Unless you're living in a mud hut with no climate control and walking everywhere then your virtue signaling is pure hypocrisy.

If the concern is fuel usage then let's raise the fuel tax. Moralizing and telling other people that they like the wrong things isn't going to accomplish anything.

Re:The Death of the Minivan by DCH3416 on Thursday October 03, 2024 @03:59PM (#41734351)
Sure. I don't disagree. Where the line starts is when it starts to affect me fiscally. When I in the tax paying public have to pay for fuel subsidies, pouring wider roads, excess land use for parking lots. It's one fuel crisis away from being a serious problem when all these folks financing $40k trucks need a bail out from uncle sam.

And then you can get into in the US high cost of medical when one of these ego chasers mow down an otherwise productive member of society.