Just_Cy Posted:

Yeah, those SUV owners should be the last persons ever to complain! I mean who told them to get those SUVs in the first place. And if they don’t like spending so much money on gas, they could give themselves (and the environment) a favour and sell the SUV. I’m quite sure that with the money they get from selling it, they could be able to buy some used and less consuming vehicle. (Sorry if I offended any SUV owners.. but not really).

And btw. the minimum wage stuff doesn’t always apply either. Still a year ago (with current gas prices) I was making “a bit less than a gallon per hour”, which was actually more than many some of my co-workers made. Currently I’m making 1.25 gallons per hour. Not much, but the job gives me other liberties… And for example in tele-harbuming, and maybe in some other professions as well, there is no minimum wage laws in this Euro-country.

Apart from not wanting to hear any whining from SUV owners, I’m not really complaining. I don’t own a car and here you actually have quite an OK public transportation system (at least if you don’t happen to live in the country-side). I also believe that since I try to go everywhere by foot, or at times by bike, I’m in much better shape than I would be, if I had ever bought a car. Sure, I understand that for some the distances to work or to wherever may be such that a car is necessary and well… that just sucks. And in that case, if your car is not an SUV (or another comparable gas hog), feel free to complain. I don’t mind…

yeah, fortunately i drive a sedan that gets about 30 miles a gallon. unfortunately i’m not wealthy enough that gas prices are **** money to me. and yeah, my basic point is that in Europe there are more options than driving that are actually feasible. the public transport system sucks here outside of the major cities, and even then some places it’s pretty bad. i’d kill to be able to just take a pbumenger train from new york to california, but it’s just not gonna happen since long distance pbumenger trains are mostly dead here.

i hate SUVs based solely on the fact that most of the people who drive them will never use them for what they were built for, off-roading. they’ve just come to replace vans/minivans for some godawful reason, when vans/minivans get the job done and consume less gas.

i only mentioned the minimum wage because i honestly had no idea what the minimum wages are like over there.