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Regarding 1 & 2, I think there's more than enough information out there at this point for anyone to figure out that large SUVs are worse than smaller vehicles o

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  > Regarding 1 & 2, I think there's more than enough information out there at this point for anyone to figure out that large SUVs are worse than smaller vehicles or bicycles for the environment That's neither disputed nor relevant. If SUVs were replaced with Toyota Corolas overnight, the climate situation would be negligibly better. > it would seem to me that the consumer (industries in this case) would have their own share of responsibility, not just the oil & gas companies supplying them. Oil and gas companies are faulted for obstructing efforts to change the status quo (lobbying and disinformation campaigns), not for supplying energy to their consumers. Most importantly, we need to pass carbon pricing legislation (with border adjustments) so that consumers at every point in the supply chain can reason effectively about (and share incentives which are aligned with) the environment. Here's a site that makes it trivial to write your legislator: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/house/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/house/