Do you own an SUV? Odds are, you do. Their popularity worldwide is great and growing. In a source we seldom cite - IEEE Spectrum, a Canadian academic writes that their popularity in China is almost as great as in the States. SUVs make up 30-33% of the market in Europe and India, and 42-48% in China and the U.S. The world average is 38%.
And yet, in the U.S. pickup trucks are the best selling models. Sedans, vans and sports cars are no longer big sellers. The article's author is dismayed by the popularity of SUVs, mostly because they pollute more than tiny cars, although much less than they once did.
The author thinks the answer is to build electric-powered SUVs, more fool he. From whence will the electricity come?
Greenies won't let us build nuclear power plants or hydroelectric dams, and they hate fuel fired generation plants. Unreliable wind and solar? Impractical, ask Texas.
Meanwhile, trees and grasses are loving all the carbon vehicles put in the atmosphere, to them it's a feast. Full disclosure: Our household owns two SUVs and a pickup truck, we gave our last sedan to a relative nine years ago.
