Sam Butler<p>re: <a href="https://twitter.com/19th_c_Houston/status/1688528587626860544?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/19th_c_Houston/sta</span><span class="invisible">tus/1688528587626860544?s=20</span></a></p><p>If we're asking, "Do we have so many oversized trucks because consumers wanted oversized trucks — or because car companies wanted to sell them?"</p><p>I think we'd find it's mostly because companies wanted to sell oversized trucks. Advertising, product placement, pricing, promotions all shape consumer preferences. </p><p>Also, car companies can only offer cheap trucks by skirting regulations. This is why the oversized truck Mike drives in LA is regulated less than every other car driving to get coffee in the morning.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/us/plan-allows-big-vehicles-to-skirt-rules-on-pollutants.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/1997/12/19/us/plan</span><span class="invisible">-allows-big-vehicles-to-skirt-rules-on-pollutants.html</span></a></p><p>Also posted on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Groundtalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Groundtalk</span></a> — a low-energy, low-data <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblogging</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>permacomputing</span></a> client in development with cross-platform posting: <a href="https://groundtalk.land/#2023-08-07T13:43:48.363+00:00" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">groundtalk.land/#2023-08-07T13</span><span class="invisible">:43:48.363+00:00</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FuckCars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/yimby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yimby</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nimby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nimby</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>streets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a></p>