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I need my SUV, but I do wonder what you have that you don't need that we can outlaw without thinking about the consequences.

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I don't doubt that there are some legitimate use cases for SUVs. The problem is all the people living in cities have virtually zero need for an SUV. Since it is absolutely unfeasible to require people to provide proof that they need an SUV before purchase the only way seems to outlaw them.

The massive push for EVs while simultaneously allowing car manufacturers to build larger and larger ICE SUVs seems stupid and counterproductive.

Your totalitarian way of thinking is frightening. "The problem is all the people living in cities have virtually zero need for an SUV." - who are you that you know so much about so many that you don't know? The problem is that you're a self centered totalitarian.

Is it totalitarian to expect people to pay for their externalities? Your damage is currently being subsidized by other people.

You have no idea what I do with my vehicle, yet you believe you can make that vehicle illegal. This is while your own actions and consumptions lead towards a disaster, which should certainly be made illegal as well. Whatever they are. I don't even need to know.

Taxing something and making it illegal are different things. And the damage caused by larger vehicles is not hard to understand. Damage to roads and emissions are simple functions.

And yeah, my behaviors that have harmful externalities should also be taxed.

The original post did not say that externalities should be taxed. It said, "SUVs and all large trucks that are not real utility vehicles should be outlawed".

That's not what your asking. If you can quantify externalities una suitable manner then do so and hold them responsible? If you can't and you decide to ban instead that tells us it's more about control than anything.

My wife and I trades in our Honda Civic for an SUV. We have 4 kids and we needed something that can hold 4 child seats.

We NEED the SUV- even if I only put all 4 kids in it 25% of the time, se still need it

No, you don’t. A van or station wagon could easily do the same.

Don’t claim you “NEED the SUV” when you really don’t.

Sure, you may WANT the SUV, but that’s not the same thing as NEEDING the SUV.

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