So I noticed in the Ford statement that they're looking for technological solutions, and I think in the long run that's probably the best path. I don't know that Bill Ford is either a Republican or a conservative, but in a year when compassionate conservatism is becoming fashionable, it's interesting to see a kind of corporate compassion announced by one of the world's premiere corporations. If you have a family, you understand why people want SUVs. Safety is really important. A lot of people use it to get out to the countryside, a lot of people who have kids.
People make their choices.
The greenwash campaign on SUVs is pretty old. It seems to me just another whitewash. They're really going to cause problems because other cars don't fare well in collisions with the Excursion. An insurance industry group, the Institute of Highway Safety, did their first report on SUV safety in 1995 or so. They did the first side crash tests outside of the ones done by automotive companies.