Originally Posted by Poguemahone

Another thread about SUV's with both side yelling and talking past each other, and very little sense on either side.

Rationalizing the use of SUVs by pointing out the bicycle production uses resources as well is a nonsense argument, BTW. It's a matter of scale and after-effect. You're comparing two very different things in an extremely weak attempt to make a point, and unfairly paint your opposition as total luddites.

Since most of the cars on the road are single passenger (just go out and watch traffic one day), and many car trips are short, perhaps the argument should not be over the SUV, but the use of the automobile as a whole. This, of course, leads to facts about neighbourhood design (why no sidewalks in so many developments? Why no bike lanes along major arteries?) and more irritating facts about our style of living.

The car is not an evil device. The incredible over-use of them is, however, patently ridiculous. Most folks do not need a car for a sizable percentage of what they do with them. My lonely little ridiculed (on this thread, anyway) Subaru is the only car on my block that is not driven on a daily basis. Why is that?