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To: elmatador who wrote (5)9/19/2001 10:01:26 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (4) of 218012
 
The absolute root of the problem. If you have been to the US lately, you surely noticed monster-sized SUVs with one person aboard. The cost of air-conditioning is enormous, and don't forget the amount of electricity required to power all the latest electronic devices.

Reducing energy consumption is the key to solving many political problems, but it seems to have taken a back seat in the last decade or so as cheap oil became abundant again.

More efficient vehicles need to be designed, that is not a big problem. The problem is political because the gas-guzzling SUVs don't count in the calculation of corporate fuel efficiency. They are deemed trucks to which the regulatory standards do not apply. A loophole.

Big SUVs have been very profitable for the auto makers, so they have done everything possible to have them exempted from minimum mileage requirements. And they have succeeded so far.

But an unfortunate parallel has happened, too. I don't know about Europeans, but Americans are becoming increasingly obese. It is hard for a large person to be comfortable in a small vehicle. Airlines are a different thing as seats have gotten smaller as people have gotten larger.
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