Consumers are in "denial" about "land tanks" and continue to buy them in huge numbers in spite of the evidence that they are actually more dangerous to drive than standard cars.
"[The] U.S. consumes 20 million barrels of oil each day, with passenger vehicles burning up three quarters of the total -- and SUVs alone burn half the total for all passenger cars, far more than their fair share and more petroleum than our entire country produces in a year...purchasing one of these things will, in fact, contribute quite heartily to the overall ill health of the planet as a whole, not to mention the very reason we are so desperately, violently at war."
Thanks to Michael Dudley
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