SUV Shame

"SUVskam" in Swedish means "SUV Shame". Most appropriate when considering these facts posted by the International Energy Agency in France.

• Today, almost half of all cars sold in the United States and one-third of the cars sold in Europe are SUVs.
• The global fleet of SUVs has seen its emissions growing by nearly 0.55 Gt CO₂ during the last decade to roughly 0.7 Gt CO₂. 
• As a consequence, SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO₂ emissions since 2010 after the power sector (see chart)

Gt = Gigga Tonne means a Billion metric tonnes or 2,200,000,000,000 pounds.

Credit IEA story

"SUV's are killing the planet" - StreetsBlog.
FORD's new PC Mustang is an Electric S.U.V.  plugged into the coal driven electric grid. Feel better?

-LS