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Originally Posted by lio45
It is. And it could be fixed somewhat easily - people wouldn't drive such needlessly capable, overkill vehicles if we put a realistic pricetag on that capability (a.k.a. carbon tax that's substantial enough).
If everyone is daily-driving a huge truck, including tons of white collar people, it tells us that gas is just too cheap, whatever the price of gas is. It's that simple.
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I think it says more that our standard of living is so exceptionally high that we can afford to drive vehicles like this. We should be celebrating how good we have it, not artificially limiting our choices.