• thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Proper taxation on fuel might help.

    One massive problem is all the advertising of pickup trucks and muscle cars … advertising works. So many people can only see themselves needing and driving a large pickup/suv or a Dodge Charger.

    I’d like to see an advertising campaign for medium sized sedans pulling utility trailers … as being macho. It shocking how few people use utility trailers, they are not a thing in N. America.

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      1 day ago

      North America needs wagons back. Diesel especially. It’s all I drive anymore.

      Imagine this, you’ve got 5 people in the car, a full boot and a trailer. You’re still getting 30 mpg on the highway. That’s a diesel wagon for you. Sedan body size with slightly more cargo space.

      And the ad could be that an empty truck pulls into the fuel station twice as many times on the same journey as the loaded wagon with its trailer.