The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests.
Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more than half of all new car sales across the globe, the group said, and it’s not alone. The International Energy Agency, using a narrower definition of SUV, estimates they make up nearly half.
Over the years these cars have gotten bigger and so has their cost to the climate, as carbon dioxide emissions “are almost directly proportional to fuel use” for gas-powered cars. The carbon that goes in at the pump comes out the tailpipe.
Transportation is responsible for around one-quarter of all the climate-warming gases that come from energy, and much of that is attributable to passenger transport, according to the International Energy Agency.
We need a banksy type movement. Putting stickers on oversized cars in urban areas. We can’t stop you from buying a pickup truck and driving it in an area with perfectly good mass transit but we can make you annoyed while you peel a sticker off
A bit more extreme than a sticker: https://www.tyreextinguishers.com/
And further again: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-65203745
1 easy step to getting your ass kicked and then arrested for vandalism, and then having your own car insurance getting jacked up because you get listed as a high risk individual.
This is a pretty easy way to get shot here in the US
Lots of easy ways to get shot there from what I read. Just one more for the list.
Yeah I am not doing that. On the off chance this blocked an ambulance someone could literally die.
There’s also a very good chance of you getting beaten up.
Yeah not something I plan to take up in my country either.