Typical response from SUV driver 4547

Please provide a cite if you don't mind.

Here is one:

and another

" US cars and light trucks alone consume about as much energy as domestic oil producers extract. Throw in all other uses of petroleum -- freight and air travel, home heating and cooling, industrial uses, and electricity production -- and one can see why our country needs to import about half of the oil we use. "

" Today, personal vehicles account for 40% of all U.S. oil consumption and 19% of all U.S. carbon emissions. "

Again, every site linked here seems to lean toward 30+% of total consumption.

Of course, accepting the above facts forces the reader to look at his own individual consumption which isn't always pleasant. Or, it forces them to label me as a kook and continue on as before.

Bottom line: Oil is a finite resource.

We Americans are using it up as fast as we possibly can with no regard for the consequences, or for the lives of subsequent generations who will undoubtedly be forced to deal with those consequences.

Sad really. Most people give absolutely no thought whatsoever to the finite limits of this planet and how much energy they use.

That will be our ultimate downfall as a society and a culture.