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The Growing Vehicle Problem That California Needs to Address
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this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2026
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This is such a stupid argument.
It is 100% the fault of consumers. If people didn't want larger vehicles, they wouldn't be paying more for them!
I hate capitalism and corporations as much as anyone else, but at some point you have to realize that a large group of people are indepedently total assholes.
It’s the fault of the manufacturers in the same way that sugar consumption or (taken to an extreme) tobacco is the fault of the manufacturers. Advertising. Decades of advertising, showing people doing tough, aspirational, and/or fun activities with their mega-truck.
There’s absolutely a really big component that is individual responsibility but advertising is there.
Also, the dearth of immensely practical station wagons and small cars doesn’t help.