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by electricEmu 2107 days ago
Small trucks may cut enough emissions by reducing road-wear. If everyone switched from large trucks to an even larger amount of small trucks it's possible the problem is made worse.

Why the focus on small trucks as if they're a panacea?

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>If everyone switched from large trucks to an even larger amount of small trucks it's possible the problem is made worse.

Right, but isn't the whole premise that the damage is the truck's weight cubed (or ^4)? Splitting large trucks to small trucks only increase wear linearly.

>Why the focus on small trucks as if they're a panacea?

I'm not. It's a hypothetical.