Pádraig Hoare: We need to start the conversation about the dangers of SUVs

These vehicles are massively contributing to our emissions problem. For every five SUVs sold, you knock out the benefit of an EV
Pádraig Hoare: We need to start the conversation about the dangers of SUVs

While banning them may not be possible, additional taxes and parking restrictions are some of the measures that could be used to disincentive SUV popularity among motorists.

All consumers know that when the producer names the tune, the consumer has got to dance.

American jazz and soul poet Gil Scott-Heron was lamenting the exponential consumerism bloat that has taken over his country when he wrote and performed B Movie in 1981, and more than 40 years later, it hasn’t gotten any better.

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