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SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.

The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for “polluter pays” taxes for vehicle emissions based on size.

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[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also such a race to outsize other vehicles.

I know SUV drivers who bought an SUV because "everyone owns an SUV, and if you're driving around in a smaller car, you can't see anything around you any more." They're not even wrong, in some communities it's getting really hard to participate in traffic of you're constantly surrounded by much larger, taller cars on all sides.

But of course, they're now just perpetuating the problem.

[–] epicbomber@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

One thing I noticed the other day while going through a new drive through is that the increase in vehicle size is noticable there. I drive a sedan, and most of the drive through windows near me are level with my car's window, but the one that I went through the other day was built in the last year or so, and the window was significantly higher up than my car's.