Editing SUV (section)

== Environmental impact ==
{{Further|Criticism of sport utility vehicles}}
SUVs generally have poorer [[fuel efficiency]] than smaller cars,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.theautochannel.com |title=Source The AutoChannel |publisher=The Auto Channel|access-date=2010-12-31}}</ref> and thus contribute more to environmental degradation and [[global warming]].

SUVs emit about 700 [[megatonne]]s of [[carbon dioxide]] per year,<ref name="InternationalEnergy">{{cite web|last1=Cozzi |first1=Laura |last2=Petropoulos |first2=Apostolos |title=Growing preference for SUVs challenges emissions reductions in passenger car market|url= https://www.iea.org/commentaries/growing-preference-for-suvs-challenges-emissions-reductions-in-passenger-car-market |work=International Energy Agency |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200204165813/https://www.iea.org/commentaries/growing-preference-for-suvs-challenges-emissions-reductions-in-passenger-car-market |archive-date=2020-02-04 |quote=On average, SUVs consume about a quarter more energy than medium-size cars. As a result, the global fuel economy worsened caused in part by the rising SUV demand since the beginning of the decade, even though efficiency improvements in smaller cars saved over 2 million barrels a day, and electric cars displaced less than 100,000 barrels a day. In fact, SUVs were responsible for all of the 3.3 million barrels a day growth in oil demand from passenger cars between 2010 and 2018, while oil use from other types of cars (excluding SUVs) declined slightly.}}</ref> a gas which is linked to global warming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Causes of climate change |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Met Office |language=en}}</ref> According to the [[International Energy Agency]], from 2010 SUVs have been the second-largest contributor to the increase in global {{CO2}} emissions, second only to the power sector.<ref name="InternationalEnergy"/>

SUVs were responsible for all of the 3.3 million [[Barrel (unit)|barrels]] a day growth in oil demand from passenger cars between 2010 and 2018, whereas efficiency improvements in smaller cars saved over 2 million barrels a day, with electric cars reducing oil demand by under 100,000 barrels a day.<ref name=InternationalEnergy/>

Whereas SUVs can be [[Electric vehicle conversion|electrified]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kreiselelectric.com/en/blog/kreisel-electric-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-present-the-worlds-first-electrified-hummer-h1/ |title=Kreisel Electric and Arnold Schwarzenegger present the world's first electrified Hummer H1 |publisher=Kreisel |location=Austria|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> or converted to run on [[Alternative fuel vehicle|a variety of alternative fuels]], [[Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle#Adaptation of existing engines|including hydrogen]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Lianos|first=Miguel|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4563676 |title=Hydrogen cars ready to roll - for a price|date=2004-06-23|access-date=2020-01-24|publisher=NBC|location=U.S.}}</ref> their (manufacturing) emissions will always be larger than smaller electric cars.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/24107/bigger-is-not-better-how-suvs-are-killing-the-climate/ |title=Bigger is not better – how SUVs are killing the climate |first=Andrew |last=Tobert |publisher=Greenpeace International |date=2019-09-07 |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> On average, SUVs consume about a quarter more energy than medium-size cars.<ref name=InternationalEnergy/> Furthermore, the vast majority of these vehicles are not converted to use alternative fuels.

Between 2010 and 2018 SUVs were the second largest contributor to the global increase in carbon emissions worldwide.<ref name="Kommenda"/>