"Now they are running television ads accusing SUV drivers of financing terrorists, which is outrageous. "
If that is outrageous, then Bush's ad claiming that drugs support terrorism is even more ludicrous. Where do you think the money comes from? It doesn't come from drug cartels, it comes from Middle Eastern countries who's primary source of income is exporting oil to the US.
"If a connection between buying oil from the Middle East and funding terrorism exists, then everyone who buys petroleum products ... may indirectly contribute dollars to terrorists."
This is an over-simplified analysis of the problem because it assumes that every application is an equally efficient use of the resource.
That is not true. An SUV being used to haul a family and their equipment around off road all the time is a much better application than the same SUV used by a single driver in the city commuting to work.
If America's consumption were lowered enough, it would certainly reduce if not eliminate the oil we import from the likes of Saudia Arabia: home to Osama and his family fortune as well as 15 of the 19 hijakers and various government officials with connections to terrorists; and Al Quaida's budget would take a serious turn.
That is not likely to happen if people do not understand the difference in fuel efficiency between a Honda Civic and an SUV both being used by an individual driver to commute to work.
Jason
[This message was edited by "Hummer", heh, heh on January 23, 2003 at 02:16 PM.]
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