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ferdinand•

"I am not worried about the environment," says Mr Evans. "It's Him up there who looks after the environment."

This is priceless. God as a cop-out.

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BlueRock•

Cop-out. Justification for... anything! Has it ever been different? Just this time, shit is really serious. :/

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Manitcor•

Inaccurate title.

The article is about people who live in areas where you cannot get around without 4 wheel drive are not giving up their 4x4s and are instead eating higher gas prices for painfully obvious reasons.

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ferdinand•

The article is about people who live in areas where you cannot get around without 4 wheel drive

Send these people up to Canada and we'll show them how you can get around in the mountains in winter without a truck or an SUV. What you do need is winter tires and a good heater. Maybe Little Cottonwood Canyon has a truly horrendous climate, but what's everybody else's excuse?

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oneelectricsheep•

In some places it's not snow that's the issue. At least when it's that cold dirt roads aren't mush. 4 wheel really is necessary on unmaintained wet dirt roads that have a decent slope.

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[deleted]•

So then they'll have to unfortunately give up their skiing trip. Is it really NECESSARY?

Freedom should not extend to freedom to pollute.

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oneelectricsheep•

The people I'm referring to are the ones that live on shitty dirt roads and spring is a lot worse than winter because the roads switch between icy and sloppy. Most ski resorts are completely accessible to 2 wheel drive since as a business they make sure people can visit. But yeah the majority of people with 4 wheel drive don't need it.

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gordo65•

The article is about people who live in areas where you cannot get around without 4 wheel drive are not giving up their 4x4s and are instead eating higher gas prices for painfully obvious reasons.

No, it's not:

So, after a sharp fall in 4x4 sales two years ago, last year saw light truck sales jump 18%, by far outpacing the 5% rise in passenger car sales.

The revival of the American people's love affair with the gas guzzler has been good news for America's Big Three carmakers - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - which are showing off their metal at the Detroit auto show this week.

During a year when car and truck sales rose 11% to about 11.6 million vehicles, all three enjoyed strong sales. Outpacing their rivals, their joint market shares reached 45.1%, up from 44.2% in 2009.

By the end of 2010, it turned out that more than half the vehicles sold in the US that year had been trucks.

Bottom line: America is still neck-deep in selfish assholes, and the only thing that will keep them from destroying the environment is $10/gal gasoline.

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[deleted]•

I live right in the middle of huge vehicle central. And guess what? Every last one of the idiots has some sort of right wing bumper sticker..coincidence?

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