Markkula Center of Applied Ethics  Ethical choice? There are
SUVs and then there are huge SUVs  By Rob Elder  I know a man
who calls sport utility vehicles "BinLadenmobiles".  By driving
huge truck-like cars and fancy car-like trucks, he says, we play
into the hands of terrorists, confirming that Americans consume
a disproportionate share of the world's resources, and making
ourselves dependent on sources that may be enemies.
Reluctantly, I'm considering buying a small SUV myself, a
confession I'll explain in a moment. But I certainly agree that
when we car-shop, we need not check our environmental ethics at
the dealership door.  I don't see compelling evidence that
Americans feel gas mileage has consequences beyond our own
billfolds. Generally we support the Bush administration's effort
to reduce reliance on foreign oil; not everyone, however, likes
the president's proposal to do that by opening the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Yet if we don't tap
our oil reserves, and import less oil, t