Originally posted by ThorSanchez It may bother autocrats. But that doesn't change the fact that burning billions upon billions of gallons of the stuff has a ton negative consequences.
there is a fairly amusing film released a few years ago called : " Kingsman: The Secret Service "
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - IMDb
which used as its plot the fact that some considered Man to be a virus affecting the globe and that only a culling of the " virus " was the sole way to save the world for the " chosen " survivors
" When you get a virus, you get a fever. That's the human body raising its core temperature to kill the virus. Planet Earth works the same way: Global warming is the fever, mankind is the virus. We're making our planet sick. A cull is our only hope. If we don't reduce our population ourselves, there's only one of two ways this can go: The host kills the virus, or the virus kills the host. Either way.." -
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802144/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
You cannot refute that Man has changed the planet and continues to do so
It may be too late to change that fact
and to some that is alarming, others seem to ignore the science and others hope that science will allow Man to escape a worn out world in future
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all I know is that after having put 2,000 miles on the 2016 GMC Acadia Denali since we bought it 30 days or so ago, I like it a lot
the safety systems are down right amazing ( although I haven't tested the air bags ) the forward facing anti collision warning camera, the rear facing " reverse " camera, the lane change warning ( irritating since the steering is " soft " and the vehicle tends to " drift " a little causing the alarm to sound ) and the blind spot warning system are all very helpful. I really like the HUD
the gas mileage is acceptable but I still have a problem thinking it is lower than it is because I don't get the range I got with the Suburban ( the 2002 Suburban replaced by the GMC had a 32 gallon tank and the GMC tops out at 22 gallons ) but that is my fault
since the GMC is physically smaller, I don't have the cargo room I did but if I lower all or part ( 60 - 40 split ) rear seat, I have all I really need and still can haul 4 ( capacity is suppose to be 7 with that seat up )
any way who buys an SUV for gas mileage any way