All Americans Should Watch this Film.

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Originally posted by GLobal warming

Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
About 20% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from the burning of gasoline in internal-combustion engines of cars and light trucks (minivans, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, and jeeps).US Emissions Inventory 2004 Vehicles with poor gas mileage contribute the most to global warming. For example, according to the E.P.A's 2000 Fuel Economy Guide, a new Dodge Durango sports utility vehicle (with a 5.9 liter engine) that gets 12 miles per gallon in the city will emit an estimated 800 pounds of carbon dioxide over a distance of 500 city miles. In other words for each gallon of gas a vehicle consumes, 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted into the air. [21] A new Honda Insight that gets 61 miles to the gallon will only emit about 161 pounds of carbon dioxide over the same distance of 500 city miles. Sports utility vehicles were built for rough terrain, off road driving in mountains and deserts. When they are used for city driving, they are so much overkill to the environment. If one has to have a large vehicle for their family, station wagons are an intelligent choice for city driving, especially since their price is about half that of a sports utility. Inasmuch as SUV's have a narrow wheel base in respect to their higher silhouette, they are four times as likely as cars to rollover in an accident. [33]

The United States is the largest consumer of oil, using 20.4 million barrels per day. In his debate with former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, Senator Joseph Lieberman said, "If we can get 3 miles more per gallon from our cars, we'll save 1 million barrels of oil a day, which is exactly what the (Arctic National Wildlife) Refuge at its best in Alaska would produce."

If car manufacturers were to increase their fleets' average gas mileage about 3 miles per gallon, this country could save a million barrels of oil every day, while US drivers would save $25 billion in fuel costs annually.

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Originally posted by Swiss407

we won't ever have the same gas prices as you because we consume so much fuel it keeps our prices low, if ours go up so do yours and you'll always be paying close to double what we do no matter how high it gets here. Besides, I'll take a nice big ass SUV that looks good over saving a few dollars on gas any day of the week. I'm a man and I need a man sized vehicle.

In theory if Europeans would start driving large SUVs you'd consume a shitload more gas which would in turn bring your prices down. So our large SUV's and big engines could possibly be the reason why our gas is so much cheaper then yours.

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Originally posted by Swiss407

that's all bullshit though. If we cut a million barrels of oil every day our prices would sky rocket because now we're buying a shitload less fuel and anyone who understands supply and demand understands that as long as you are buying in bulk your price will continually go down, if you buy less you pay more.

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Originally posted by Swiss407

that's all bullshit though. If we cut a million barrels of oil every day our prices would sky rocket because now we're buying a shitload less fuel and anyone who understands supply and demand understands that as long as you are buying in bulk your price will continually go down, if you buy less you pay more.
To say that Americans are ruining the planet because we use the most gas is ludicrous. Every other country has nuclear power plants and does just as much polluting as we do when it comes to every aspect of life outside of cars.

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Seriously now, I should delete half of the replies in this thread because of the jingoism and bickering being displayed.

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Originally posted by Exhibitor

TOO FUNNY ~ !



But the UK doesn't make *any* cars whatsoever. The guy claimed ownership of a Mercedes Maclaren. That's German, not British.



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Originally posted by mdmf

Look the whole premise of this is rediculous. Americans on average can't drive. They recieve no driver training and everyone gets a drivers licence. So because of that they drive slow and causiously because you really never know what the other driver is going to do. Thus the cars they sell are disposable. They are not desiged to last forever because the stupid driver will just hit something anyway. Also those people in America who do enjoy driving and are good at it just use the supirior economy and import the best of the rest of the world so they drive European or Japanese or whatever they want. As for SUV's and trucks it is a fasion statement not a practicality thing. All they are for is to say look what I bought.

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Originally posted by mdmf

Look the whole premise of this is rediculous. Americans on average can't drive. They recieve no driver training and everyone gets a drivers licence. So because of that they drive slow and causiously because you really never know what the other driver is going to do. Thus the cars they sell are disposable. They are not desiged to last forever because the stupid driver will just hit something anyway. Also those people in America who do enjoy driving and are good at it just use the supirior economy and import the best of the rest of the world so they drive European or Japanese or whatever they want. As for SUV's and trucks it is a fasion statement not a practicality thing. All they are for is to say look what I bought.

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Originally posted by GoatMan

[reply=mdmf]
Look the whole premise of this is rediculous. Americans on average can't drive. They recieve no driver training and everyone gets a drivers licence. So because of that they drive slow and causiously because you really never know what the other driver is going to do. Thus the cars they sell are disposable. They are not desiged to last forever because the stupid driver will just hit something anyway. Also those people in America who do enjoy driving and are good at it just use the supirior economy and import the best of the rest of the world so they drive European or Japanese or whatever they want. As for SUV's and trucks it is a fasion statement not a practicality thing. All they are for is to say look what I bought.