Americans. Want. Large. Vehicles.
We have a myriad of personal reasons for our tastes. The bottom line is that in a free market economy, the people with dollars to purchase things will ultimately determine what is produced. It is an iron law of economics.
Frakkin fools.
"Want" is plenty good enough reason for me.
One other aspect of the vehicle-size issue that always amuses is the sight of the virtuous "Match-Car" driver trying to transport truck-sized items. Several years ago, we brought home the new dishwasher -- in the box, no less -- in the
backseat of Gunsmith's F250. Forget the 2X4's, the sheetrock, the mulch, the rock, the topsoil; where ya gonna put a roll of chickenwire in a Prius? How much more virtue in having the "carbon/pollution"-spewing delivery truck do the dirty work?
These people make me laugh when they aren't making me sick.