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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are all the same. A f150 has same gas image as jeep and if you need to haul you have a bed. No one drives a jeep or suv because they get better gas mileage than a truck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not true.

Ford F150: ~17 MPG (https://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/f-150)

Jeep Cherokee: ~22 MPG (https://www.fuelly.com/car/jeep/cherokee)

Audi Q5: ~25 MPG (https://www.fuelly.com/car/audi/q5)

Those are pretty big differences, and on top of that most SUVs are also safer than an F150 (both for the driver+passengers, because they aren't as rigid, and the people you might collide with). If you do need to haul furniture like twice a year, you can still rent a pickup truck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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)