why can't we make manufacturers stop making gas guzzling SUV's?!! they are the reason for high oil demand !

Answer 1

The only way you can make an auto manufacturer stop selling cars is to stop buying them. The demand for SUV's continues onward unabated by fuel prices and availability. The demand for large vehicles, in the United States especially, is a factor caused primarily by life styles. Most middle class Americans are home owners, boat owners, recreational vehicle owners, etc. These items require towing capacity, the ability to bring large items home from the store, and the gas mileage is a secondary consideration. The boat does not go to the lake by itself, the dirt bikes wont drive to the deser by them selves, the 8 foot tall tree for the back yard will not walk to your back yard, etc.
The solution is in the source of fuel, not the size of the vehicle. We need to develop every alternative to fossil fuels that we can. Ethanol, Bio Diesel, Hybrid energy, etc. Show me the development of a bio diesel hybrid for example. It just isn't happening, because the auto manufacturers and the oil companies don't get it. The US Government needs to start funding research into the myriad of alternative solutions and stop dumping billions into the Middle East. If we come up with a viable solution, the Middle East can do whatever it wants, because all of their wealth is created from oil, and if that stops being a precious commodity, than they will go back to raising dates and riding camels.
Anyway, it isn't about the size or type of vehicle, it is about the undeveloped science of building transportation products that meet peoples needs, yet do not rely on foriegn sources for the fuel to operate them. we have the smartest and best scientist's in the world, yet we rely on oil because it is there and it is easy to obtain. We need to pressure our oil company influenced government to spend the money here at home developing the next levels of technology.

Answer 2

If you think SUV's are the main reason for high oil demand then your sadly mistaken! Americans love their big vehicles and paying at the pump is not going to stop them!

America's need to drive every were has put our nation on top for oil consumption. I'm just as guilty as the next person. I have a grocery store that is about a 5 minute walk from my house and I still get in my car to drive there. You go over seas and there is a huge populace of people that ride bikes to work and carpool. Maybe we should experience the 6 dollar a gallon like the rest of the world, so we can wake up to this problem.

We have it good compared to Europe even when were paying a cheap 3 something a gallon!

Answer 3

They are NOT the reason for high demand. The high demand is coming from developing countries like China. We buy stuff from China which in turn causes them to need more oil to fuel their factories and higher standard of living. It is a global economy for oil and high demand commands high prices. The SUV "problem" pales into insignificance. My standard SUV gets about 20mpg and my car gets about 25mpg. If I go on a 1000 mile trip, one uses 50gal of fuel and one uses 40gal. Yes, that would help world oil demand, but it pales into insignificance compared to the demand from China. Besides, if the people like you who complain about SUVs would start using a bus and give up your car, we would safe much more.

Answer 4

Same reason humans drive faster than they need too: If humans slowed down they wouldn't use as much fuel. If humans didn't buy SUV's they'd use less fuel, but they do, so manufacturers build them.

If we all drove 5 mph slower the country would save a lot of fuel, but most people don't.

Answer 5

Well, the problem is that that vehicle makes a lot of sense for some families. I just don't think a single person should be riding around in one. BUT, a family of 4 or 5 could easily be justified in getting a big steel cage with vacation load carrying capacity.

Me? I have a minivan, and a car.

Answer 6

They are the supply to the demand dude! Work more on having humans STOP buying them rather than the manufacturer making them!

That's like blaming a gun manufacturer for making a gun that some moron used to commit a crime!

Answer 7

It's the SUV's . . . right. It has nothing to do with powerplants and jets and busses and trucks and other cars and lawn mowers and weed eaters and motorcycles and construction equipment and asphalt and the plastics industry and man-made fibers and factories and paints and 1000's of other uses for oil. It's got to be the SUV's.

Answer 8

Because, all the power hungry people HAVE to have the biggest & best of everything!
Have you seen the new Hummer commercials? People who feel inferior by something that happens, see a sign for Hummers & just *have* to go get one!

Now, who hasn't had someone make you feel inferior for just a little while? But, usually we just snap out of it & figure they are the ones with the problem, & get on with our lives. We don't go & kick the dog for no reason or buy a Hummer....

Answer 9

because some people aren't as poor as you and can afford nice cars.

SUV's arent the problem, and if you're so worried why aren't you out there doing something about it? instead you're sitting on your computer (wasting electricity) asking questions that dont help anyone... at least SUV drivers aren't so self-righteous in thinking they're helping when they're not.

Answer 10

They make them because people buy them. If people stopped buying them (like now with gas prices so high), they will stop making them.