• argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    At least burgers do something useful, namely feeding you. Do the vast majority of these truck owners actually get any more use out of their trucks than they would out of a smaller, more efficient, electrically powered vehicle?

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      1 year ago

      A lot of the us is extremely hilly and dirt or gravel road. Id say only like 50% really need a truck though.

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        1 year ago

        Unless they regularly haul, like, furniture, even people who have to drive on steep inclines or off-road would probably be better off with a Jeep or SUV (and electrical vehicles are actually really good for driving on inclines)

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        1 year ago

        These posts about people needing pickup trucks are so funny to me, I live on the side of a mountain and my village has one paved road and 5 unpaved roads leading away from it.

        The most popular vehicle used by tradespeople and farmers here is the Citroen Berlingo. Before that, Citroen C15, and before that the Renault 4 (still see quite a few of those around).

        My Renault Clio has zero problems on unpaved mountain roads.

        I have no idea why Americans need or want such big trucks.

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      1 year ago

      Burgers feed you, they just do it badly (unhealthy).

      Trucks get you to where you want, they just do it badly (bad gas mileage)