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"The electrification of the Hummer is not a signal of climate progress. It is a declaration that it’s still OK to be an asshole." As said by whom? Metropolitan
by riter 7y ago
"The electrification of the Hummer is not a signal of climate progress. It is a declaration that it’s still OK to be an asshole."
As said by whom? Metropolitan coastal journalists?
Spends half the article critiquing SUV culture and people.
Try having a large family where you consistently get meters of snow every winter and your municipality never got the benefits of modern urban planning.
It bothers me that it appears despite making progress in a decades old climate narrative, nothing is ever enough so long as it doesn't fit one's own narrative of one's own world.
The news is actually positive! Critiquing is fine but don't attack a culture you don't fully understand or have empathy for.
I've lived in nothing but metropolitan dense cities and am pro-environment but also have empathy because I have friends and family who don't live like me and sacrifice without the niceties I'm able to afford with my lifestyle.
Kudos on the progress to Hummer TBH.
- DubiousPusher 7y agoThe article is pretty clearly critical of people who buy an SUV with zero intent of exploiting either the S or the U. My bet is that if you are indeed off-roading or hauling your 4+ children around this author is going to give you a pass. But there are a lot of people solo driving SUVs to work.