[DrCaleb]

bootlegga bootlegga:

That's where you're wrong - as I've said several times on CKA, I quite like assault rifles and wouldn't mind owning one. However, I am willing to forego that in the name of public safety, because I don't really need one, I just want one.

This one in particular would be very cool to own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G36

If there were a serious threat to Canada, I'd be far more likely to feel that I need one.

My apologies then, for making that assumption.

bootlegga bootlegga:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

bootlegga bootlegga:

FWIW, SUVs/trucks probably will need to be banned for all but business purposes if we're ever going to get serious about climate change.

Every car company out there has a pure EV or line of EVs in development or on the road. I'm pretty sure that with Tesla, Fiskar and Nicola that the market will take care of this.

One of the reasons the market is moving that way is because almost a dozen countries have announced legislated bans on the sale of all ICE vehicles. Some European cities are also banning large vehicles in parts of their cities to fight congestion and pollution.

Further, what happens to every owner of a 60s or 70s muscle car in 30 years? Odds are, there will be places in the world that will ban their use on the roads because of their atrocious fuel economy/pollution.

I foresee severe restrictions or even outright bans on gas guzzlers (trucks and SUVs fall in that category) in the coming decades in the very same way we've seen them on smoking, assault rifles, and other products society deems bad for public safety/health. The USA might not enact these types of bans, but I'd bet most of the rest of the world will.

I think trucks and SUVs are already changing. Most of lineups entry level pickup have turbocharged 4 cylinder engines as standard, turbo V6 mid range, and you have to go all-in for a V8. And there are electric or hybrid options.

And I don't see older gas guzzlers being outlawed. They are too few with rare road appearances. If most of the traffic is already EVs or hybrid, I doubt anyone would risk the political heat to ban such a environmental anomaly.