With soaring gas prices, air pollution and crowded highways what is our on going fascination with SUVs?
I think it comes down to several words - status, power and control.
The bigger anything is in the states the better. We Americans are fascinated with anything larger than someone else’s. My house is X amount of square feet, my SUV is the largest in it’s class. My lawn mower is 5X bigger than yours. My meal was 6X bigger at this restaurant than that one…. My new implants now take me up to a 34 D… and it goes on and on.
If we keep going on with this mentality as a country we are all going to get too big in more ways than one. We are going to be over weight (but that is okay because our rears will still fit into the tank we are driving down the road.) But the roads will be so congested with monster vehicles that changing lanes will take an installation of 8 extra side mirrors. When we roll down the windows of our monster vehicle we will need masks to get a breath of fresh air. No worries, because we have a surplus of oxygen tanks stored up in our massive cargo space in the event of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Yes, I am being dramatic. But at some point it would be nice for us Americans to embrace the mentality that less is often more. Smaller meals help us feel better and more fit, smaller vehicles promote a cleaner environment, moderate sized homes preserve our world’s natural resources, etc…
We as a country are so blessed to have the opportunities and resources we do. It would be a real shame to expend these gifts out of our need for constantly having something more, something bigger, or something better.
Do you really need that Hummer or is it an extravagance you might be able to pass up? How about a nice racy new Lexus, or Porsche. At least these types of vehicles don’t take up half the road, they are better on fuel economy, and you can see over them.
What do you think? Smart Car Anyone….
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