Originally Posted by Shining Arcanine

I was thinking that while many people who think that the world is going to end because of carbon dioxide emissions are trying to get people to drive more efficient vehicles, many times, particularly in the cases of truck and SUV owners, the reason that these people drive these cars is to compensate for their own lack of self-esteem. They see these vehicles as methods to introject importance into themselves and therefore, quite understandly, anyone who wants them to drive something more patriotic (i.e. more fuel efficient) would encounter quite a bit of friction upon trying to convince them to do just that when the person in question buys something new. Any attempt to tell these people (i.e. a significant plurality of drivers in America) that they either are being unpatriotic by increasing dependence on foreign or are bringing the end upon themselves (if you are partial to the idea of doomsday because of carbon dioxide) would therefore end in failure. So if anyone wants to get SUV and pick-up truck drivers to drive something else, the only way to do this is to attack the root of the problem, that being these people's own lack of self-esteem. I suppose becoming psychologists would be the best way to do this.

Anyway, that is my idea. I am not going to argue over whether or not the planet will end if Greenland is actually green again or if we are even influencing these things. I just had this idea and thought that people here might be interested. Accept it at face value.