I am amused at the environmental nitwits who war against SUVs. Apparently they are unaware that they — with the assistance of Ralph Nader — midwifed the SUVs into existence. Earlier federal regulations imposed mileage standards on “automobiles,” but exempted “trucks.” Detroit responded by creating a new kind of “truck” (i.e., the SUV).
The problem these people-pushers have with SUVs – or other car types – has little to do with the makeup of the vehicles themselves, than with what they represent: an independent source of transportation (i.e., freedom) for individuals. These slugs want nothing so much as to have the entire population dependent upon so-called “public transportation” which, of course, they will control.
8:07 pm on April 5, 2010
