• CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You’ve deemed 90% of trucks are unnecessary by simply observing the use you saw in the moment?

    90% was hyperbole. But my point was that most pickup drivers don’t need a pickup for what they do.

    https://www.americantrucks.com/pickup-truck-owner-demographics.html

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume

    So a truck in a city can’t be a legitimate work truck?

    Literally nowhere did I say that.

    I said the most fuel efficient, nothing about the most common.

    I said the most common, because that’s the stat that matters.

    I clearly said “ICE engine”, but let’s bring in more efficient examples to blur the arguement.

    We absolutely should include other kinds of engines, lol. Why wouldn’t that always be part of the discussion? That’s so disingenuous, but taking out non-ICE engines doesn’t change the validity of my argument.

    I need a truck and I’m not going to justify that to you or anyone else.

    There it is! It’s been about you this whole time. Just a minute ago you were complaining about the scope of my argument, and here you are using yourself as the one and only example.

    Didn’t I say “and those who genuinely need a truck can pay the higher gas prices”?

    If you actually need a truck, then use a truck. My argument was that the major of pickup truck drivers do not need a truck, and then another significant portion of those people can manage perfectly fine with rentals or trailers.