> Gasoline is more expensive Because we actually tax it properly > cars tend to be cheaper models and smaller. Because cars are less part of the lifestyle an

> Gasoline is more expensive Because we actually tax it properly > cars tend to be cheaper models and smaller. Because cars are less part of the lifestyle and SUVs haven't yet prisoner's dilemma'd us completely. Your other anecdotes are also basically "not spending unecessarily on stuff that is bad for the climate = poor"... Here's another factor: Europeans need to save up money for our five week vacations, do you think travel is free or something? Hint: that stuff costs way more to do regularly than AC and a redone bathroom. Pah.