Oh please. I admit that GUEST 02:56 has a point -- the lion's share of responsibility sits squarely on the shoulders of the manufacturers who refuse to address either safety concerns of efficiency of SUV's (even though the technology exists) and our lovely elected officials who refuse to use the legal system when the manufacturers fail (because they live off the campaign donations of oil-related companies.)

And yet, the only folks I see travelling in groups of more that one in monstrous SUVs are mexican immigrants who LOVE the old Suburbans. I routinely see 7 or 8 packed into an SUV commuting to work. When used like this, even less efficient vehicles are environmentally friendly. Instead, it's typically a small, petite blond, by herself, cluelessly chatting away on her cell phone on her way to the grocery store because her husband wanted to buy himself a bigger p--- can I say that on Mudcat?

And quite frankly, when I travel my VW Golf rides better, drives better, is equally comfortable, and gets 3-4x the gas milage of a larger SUV. You make it from Sacramento to LA on a 10 gallon tank of gas in one of those. Ha!

I think the SUV-Terrorist connection is as valid as the supposed drugs-terrorist connection. Maybe the car manufacturers who irresponsibly put 8 mpg passenger vehicles on the road should advertise, "Buy an Excursion -- Kill a US soldier!"