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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If you are worried about CO2 production, support legislation to build more nuclear plants, they don't contribute to global warming in any model, no matter how poorly researched.
Now for the gas, it is expensive right now. Not socialist expensive like in Europe or Canada, but expensive compared to most historical highs (I'm not sure if its the most expensive though adjusted for inflation, it doesn't matter if it is though).
Still that doesn't mean you don't spend money when it improves the quality of your life. If that means an SUV then spend it there, if there is some other vehicle that will work for back comfort then get that one.
Even Al Gore has been spotted in a Cadillac Escalade.
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Well of course, if having a 4x4 Suburban makes your life happy and you're willing to fill your 130 gallon tank that manages to squeak by at 9 mpg, then I suppose you might as well go for it. As someone who developed asthma as a repercussion for bad pollution in the silicon valley in the 80s, let's not pretend there isn't a cost for automotive emissions, though. We could go in circles for ages about global warming, but air pollution has positively been linked with breathing disorders like asthma for decades now.