[New post] If SUVs Were An Individual Country

Organikos posted: " Elizabeth Kolbert's essay offers perspective on how the SUV category has grown as a percentage of the global fleet, and what that has meant for fuel consumption. The point of the essay seems not to demonize owners of SUVs, but to suggest a mechanism t" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Organikos If SUVs Were An Individual Country by Organikos The Biden Administration is set to unveil a new set of fuel-efficiency standards on Friday. Photograph by David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty Elizabeth Kolbert's essay offers perspective on how the SUV category has grown as a percentage of the global fleet, and what that has meant for fuel consumption. The point of the essay seems not to demonize owners of SUVs, but to suggest a mechanism to put the category on a level playing field with more fuel efficient vehicles. The humanist in me imagines that most SUV owners would own up, given the chance, and take responsibility for their footprint and pay their fair share: A Better Idea Than Releasing Oil from the Strategic Reserve It's time to do away with the S.U.V. loophole. On Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced that the federal government would release up to a hundred and eighty million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over six months. The move, aimed at bringing down gas prices—"Americans are feeling Putin's gas price hike at the pump," Biden tweeted—is obviously politically motivated. Read more of this post Organikos | April 1, 2022 at 4:10 am | Categories: Personal Statement | URL: https://wp.me/p1DalB-ycL Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Organikos. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://organikos.net/2022/04/01/if-suvs-were-an-individual-country/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com