Haha, checkmate! Mine emits zero anything!
The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.
Submitted 8 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 8 months ago
What kind of vehicle do you have?
Lancoian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
probably a bike. he forgot the CO2 emissions through cal burn.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Chevy Bolt and a Nissan Leaf.
marx2k@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I got a CRV hybrid that gets 2mpg less than my wife’s 2012 civic manual
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 months ago
Meanwhile here I am driving a little 2L manual fiesta (ST150/XR4). Not great, but not bad mileage, but fun AF to drive, and lightweight. It only has a 45L tank, as opposed to a 60-100L tank you find in larger cars.
Then there’s also the fact I only drive on weekends or after work. I use public transportation for my commute to work.
Teppichbrand@feddit.de 8 months ago
I just learned about the Tyre Extinguishers. They use lentils to depress the pin on the valve cap of an SUV’s tyre, so that the tyre deflates without getting damaged. It’s super effective and it’s not a crime. They are called the Tyre Extinguishers.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
In the worst case they don’t notice and lose control on the highway and die. I’m pretty sure that’s illegal. This is hardly different from suggesting to cut their brake lines.
sugartits@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You’re an asshole.
Teppichbrand@feddit.de 8 months ago
I really am not, Sugartits :)
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is good because when the world goes to shit while the sun is cooking us alive and people want to use my shelter in the post apocalypse, I can tell them all to fuck off without feeling bad for them.
tory@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Jokes on them, still using an SUV from 2001 over here.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
2007 diesel pickup here. It’s even a two seater with a long bed so an actual work truck. Basically makes me a saint compared to those evil SUV drivers.
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah I call bullshit. People don’t want modern cars because they are low to the ground, smaller and harder for people to get into.
As a 6’2” dude every time I get into a rental car I smack my head and have to contort myself to get in and out. There is also never enough room for anything beyond a few suitcases. I always breathe a sigh of relief when I get back to my truck after a long business trip in a car.
Crossovers and trucks are popular because they have space and are easier to get out of. Full size cars from the 80s tend to be way bigger than full size cars from today. Once cars started shrinking and getting lower to meet EPA mileage requirements which is also the same period of time when people started abandoning cars for trucks and SUVs in the 90s.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 8 months ago
A friend of mine was 6’7" and drove a hyundai elantra. Also has a condition that causes him severe fatigue and joint pain. He makes so much fun of little bitches like you, because the elantra easily and comfortably accommodates him so there’s no fucking way it doesn’t also accommodate you.
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So you and your friend regularly go up to random strangers who ride around in SUVs and trucks and call them bitches? Sounds needlessly aggressive.
No I wouldn’t fit comfortably in an Elantra. In fact I wouldn’t buy a Hyundai anything in the first place.
LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Meh I’m 6’4" and don’t mind the small cars. In fact I prefer them when getting rentals. They’re easier to drive and park and cheaper to fuel up. I got an Escalade recently because it was the last car available and I hated it.
applejacks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
1.9% of americans are 6’2" or above
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Shit I’m 6’1" and I drive a Miata.
Modern sedans are so tall you barely even get “down” into them. And you can’t use the “its easier to get in” when you have to jump up into something like a Tahoe, or step up into something smaller like a Rav 4.
ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 8 months ago
What reality do you live in that you think vehicles in the U.S. are getting smaller? Please compare a new Colorado or Maverick pickup to an S-10 or Ranger from the 90’s. Sales of fullsize cars have decreased over time (but that’s only because they have been replaced by trucks and SUVs).
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Let me give you the TLDR summary. I made the point that trucks and SUVs became popular about the same time that full size cars got smaller in America.
No where did I state that trucks or SUVs got smaller.
You can’t tell me a 80s Chevy Caprice is the same size as a 23 Honda Accord or Nissan Maxima.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 8 months ago
I'm 6'3" and fit into my small car no problem. And it's got more space than my neighbor's SUV because it's a wagon.
Plus minivans are just as big, if not bigger, and have a high seating position, but aren't popular.
bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I work in the auto industry. Besides the standard 4WD, SUVs have almost nothing going for them compared to a 5 door hatch/station wagon/estate sedan.
I mean, a RAV4 for example, while doing everything it says on the box, and not being an outright bad vehicle, has only marginally more passenger and cargo room than, for example, a Corolla Hatch, while consuming multiple MPG more. Sure, the 4WD contributes to this, but due to the lower weight, better aerodynamics, and smaller engine of a Corolla, it would still be more efficient even if it also had 4WD.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Idk why I like SUV. I don’t need one, I know I shouldn’t have one, yet I’d like to own one. I hate sedan for absolutely no reason.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I like sitting higher so I can see over other vehicles. Also as a tall person getting into and out of a truck is much easier than from a car. Safety plays a big factor aswell; if I end up in a accident I’ll rather be in the bigger vehicle. Compared to american trucks mine is quite compact though. It’s called Frontier in the US.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Make sense, I’m a tall person myself, 188cm (6"2’), I got trouble fitting in some sedan and hatchback (my head would hit the ceiling if I sit straight up). Maybe that’s why I don’t like them.