SUVs have dramatically increased oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions

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SUVs have dramatically increased oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions

Electric cars are already a major issue in the automotive industry, but it has itself raised the demand for oil by millions of barrels a day.

The automotive industry is undergoing its biggest transformation since the creation of the automobile, pouring billions to create more efficient propulsion technologies, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. But the customer is still the one who dictates the market, and he wants crossovers and SUVs, thus increasing the profits of car companies and oil conglomerates.

Established one year after the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency has come to an obvious conclusion on this trend. Although global auto sales fell by 2% in 2018, about 40% of new US sales fell on SUVs compared to 20% market share in 2010. In Europe, about 1/3 of total sales fall on crossovers and SUV models. China is also in love with this kind of cars, and India is not far behind. There are currently around 200 million (out of 35 million in 2010) SUVs and crossovers worldwide.

The result is that the global fleet of SUVs has increased CO2 emissions by nearly 0.55 gigatons in the last decade, reaching almost 0.7 Gt. This means that SUVs are the second largest polluter of CO2 emissions since 2010, following the energy sector and ahead of the heavy industry, trucking and aviation.

SUVs and crossovers are also to blame for the daily increase in oil consumption by 3.3 million barrels between 2010 and 2018.

If this trend continues, SUV models will add 2 million barrels to the world's daily oil consumption by 2040. Such growth would offset the environmental benefits of 150 million electric vehicles!