No normal person needs a 4l car. You just don't. Heck, 3l is huge and not required with modern engine sizes; between 1 and 2l is plenty for the vast majority of

No normal person needs a 4l car. You just don't. Heck, 3l is huge and not required with modern engine sizes; between 1 and 2l is plenty for the vast majority of people who are not farmers routinely getting stuck in mud whilst towing heavy equipment. In 2019, the average new petrol ("gas") car in the UK requires 5.7 l of fuel per 100 km (49.2 mpg) [1]. The corresponding figure for the US is ~9.44 l/100km (24.9 mpg [2,3]). We really, really need to decarbonise our economy worldwide and in many ways this fuel scare may be the catalyst required, with UK autotrader saying it was driving people to e-car retailers [4]. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/energy-and-environment-data-tables-env https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/energy-a... [2] https://www.iea.org/reports/fuel-consumption-of-cars-and-vans https://www.iea.org/reports/fuel-consumption-of-cars-and-van... [3] https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/highlights-automotive-trends-report https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/highlights-automotive-... [4] https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2021/sep/27/uk-petrol-crisis-panic-buying-suspends-competition-law-oil-army-ftse-sterling-business-live?page=with:block-6151c86e8f08af1b22786c6e#block-6151c86e8f08af1b22786c6e https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2021/sep/27/uk-pet...