Letter to the Indy 24.0108

Sir, your editorial (22nd Jan.08) rightly blasts the patio heater for gobbling energy, yet exonerates the 4x4, which it describes as 'at least fulfilling a genuine purpose'...which is 'traversing road-less fields and hills'.
What reason could possibly be less genuine than taking any car, let alone the gas-guzzling 4x4 over roadless fields and hills.
They're bad enough on roads!
Yours,
L. Stothard.