AG: pickup trucks
On 09/15/2018 10:12 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
Once upon a time I happened to mention somewhere on Usenet that
getting rid of one of our two internal-combustion vehicles would
increase our carbon footprint, because we can do car things with the
pickup truck, but we couldn't do truck things with the car.
An anti-truck fanatic told me, with a perfectly-straight face and
absolute sincerity, that adding a trailer to my car would render it
capable of towing trailers.
Pickup trucks are amazingly useful vehicles.
I've heard the same argument concerning needing only a trailer to match
pickup truck capabilities but they will never match.
You can indeed pull a ton or two in your little Prius via a trailer,
just as you could in a pickup truck, but your suspension won't hold up
like a truck's will and you won't be able to stop as well as a truck
can. You'll also need some additional skills maneuving the trailer
around that aren't quite similar to skill levels required for a truck.
The two modes of transport aren't equivalent.
Most people probably don't need a car either. They could get by with a
motorcycle/scooter/bicycle and a good rain suit, renting a car only when
needed.
We all have gobs of stuff we don't really "need". I'd hate to get to
the point where someone with a "superior" point of view gets to dictate
what we really "need".
SMH
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