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People are rarely willing to spend five figures on something just to be trendy or green.

• xnx 6mo ago
  Maybe a better word would've been "status"? Rich people spend all kinds of money to show off how rich they are. They like to use "green" as a fig leaf so they can pretend it's not about status (e.g. $100K+ electric SUVs).
  • wat10000 6mo ago
    Can't possibly just be because they like those fancy SUVs. I own an electric car (albeit not an SUV) that cost nearly that much and I can tell you that I didn't give a crap about status, and while the green part was a nice aspect, the main thing is just that I like the car a lot. When people accuse others of buying something just because it's "green" it's usually actually a case where the thing is just actually good in some way, and the buyer likes it, but the accuser can't accept this. I lost a friend over this when I bought a Prius. It's a genuinely good car that was cheap to drive, but he could not get over his idea that I was a smug "green" asshole merely for owning one and liking the fuel efficiency.