4x4s replace the desert camel and whip up a worldwide dust storm: "Dust storms emanating from the Sahara have increased tenfold in 50 years... And one major cause is the replacement of the camel by four-wheel drive vehicles as the desert vehicle of choice... Andrew Goudie, professor of geography at Oxford University, blames the process of Toyotarisation - a coinage reflecting the near-ubiquitous desert use of Toyota Land Cruisers - for destroying a thin crust of lichen and stones that has protected vast areas of the Sahara from the wind for centuries."
We might as well coin SUVrisation to explain the near ubiquitous castles on wheels in suburbs. Gasguzzlingunneccessaryroadhogrisation is a mouthful (however, now that I live in New Hampshire and when I see an SUV, the vehicle looks like it is actually used in the mountains or a mobile moose defense).
