Don't worry, in the grand scheme of things, cars are going away.

The cars are needed because of how we build factories, and the infrastructure to support that and suburbs around them. If you want to live in those suburbs, and work in that city, you need a car.

But, that will come to an end as manufacturing is distributed.
Then living places become distributed.
And a lot less driving happens.

I totally agree that SUVs are a marketing genius. You didn't need an SUV with the better visibility when they came out, but now you do. In a low car, you can't see anything because of all the SUVs in front of you.

But anyway, gasoline is a waste product, and they got to put it somewhere.