The Death of the SUV

[oompa]

I find this article humorous

The Death of the SUV
by Mike Krumboltz

June 4, 2008 03:11:39 PM

Dearly beloved. We gather here today to mourn the demise of the sport utility vehicle, or "SUV" as its friends liked to call it.

The gas-guzzler lived a full life, driving in the fast lane from the 1990s to the mid-2000s. Alas, it fell ill a few years ago and never recovered. And really, we can't say the death came as a surprise. For years, folks complained about the environmental impact of low-mileage vehicles. Over time, those voices grew louder, but still the SUV fought on, proudly taking up two parking spaces and scaring hybrids from its lane.

But then, gas prices soared and the SUV's vital signs plummeted. As much as people love large cars, the costs to keep fuel in the tank proved too much to take. As the New York Times reported, it now costs $100k to own and keep a similarly inefficient full size pickup running for five years. And so people pulled the plug on their trucks and SUVs, taking the beleaguered vehicles off life support and into the museum of dead car fads.

U.S. News and World Report has written a thoughtful and compelling obit on the yuppie chariot. Read it and remember the SUV's positive qualities as well as its faults. It's what it would have wanted.

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[Death]

....swing low....sweet chariot......

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[Red Squirrel]

Hahaha nice.

One thing though I just hope the high gas prices drive a non pollution vehicle industry to completly switch over to something better. The planet (and our wallets) can only handle so much.

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[Death]

Hahaha nice.

One thing though I just hope the high gas prices drive a non pollution vehicle industry to completly switch over to something better. The planet (and our wallets) can only handle so much.

Whatever happened to the electric car?

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[Red Squirrel]

Who knows, think oil industry patented about every non polluting solution out there, sadly. Patents are screwed up, they should totally abolish that system.

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[jrhather]

Hahaha nice.

One thing though I just hope the high gas prices drive a non pollution vehicle industry to completly switch over to something better. The planet (and our wallets) can only handle so much.

Whatever happened to the electric car?

Automotive Lobbyists

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[Death]

Who knows, think oil industry patented about every non polluting solution out there, sadly. Patents are screwed up, they should totally abolish that system.

Ya I hate companies that try to monopolize everything and dominate the market and set back new technological advances that are meant to benefit the environment; all for the sake of making a ton of money. They need to realize that in order to survive, they need to reinvent themselves and think green instead of continually trying to save their asses by pushing back the other guys.

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[oompa]

Ya, I think the want for oil will continue long after we die hehehe. Its pretty much a must that they will have to start digging here in the States. Such places as off the shores of Cali

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[Lymus]

Hahaha nice.

One thing though I just hope the high gas prices drive a non pollution vehicle industry to completly switch over to something better. The planet (and our wallets) can only handle so much.

Whatever happened to the electric car?

Affirmative action.

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