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I think reducing car use in general is a more long term problem.
There is a (different) short term problem that SUVs are massively popular all of a sudden:
This has driven emissions up overall despite most cars getting more efficient.
There is no way that in the last 10 years there's suddenly been some change in people's transportation needs that means SUVs are now necessary for 21% of people instead of 6.6%. It's utterly bonkers that we've allowed our CO2 emissions (and possibly ped. deaths) to increase no reason other than... fashion?
I guess the protesters targeted SUVs for this reason, as opposed to targeting cars in general