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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> I own a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, I love it, and I would not trade it for the
> world. It is my choice, just as it is my choice to buy LEGO products. If you
> don't like it, fine. Calling SUV purchases "stupid" is just as bad as
> calling buying LEGO "stupid". It is called market forces.
Well, you're right. However I will say that I wish we hadn't gotten our
Durango, it's a gashog, and I'd rather have spent the extra gas money on
something else. Getting Josette to drive the Stratus (which get 35 mpg driven
correctly) is a non-starter, so we'll be in the market for a third vehicle
soon, I imagine. The Durango is indispensable when you need something big, but
for a daily commuter it's overkill.
You said you won't be here to debate it so I get the last word! :-)
I suspect that if we all were paying the true costs of driving SUVs we wouldn't
be driving quite as many of them. Getting from our system to one in which true
costs are actually paid (don't confuse the notion of true costs with just
heavily taxing gasoline, that's not the right way to do it) is non-trivial,
though.
++Lar
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