• verstra@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    What i don’t understand is how fuel efficiency does not seem to be a concern of an average buyer? It is a large factor for me, and I’m proud to have highly efficient car for its class. Are those large trucks somehow more efficient than older, smaller models? Or are average buyers just not concerned with efficiency?

    Well not everyone has seen the light of factorio, so i might be over-fixating on efficiency.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah all the people bitching about gas prices are getting 8-12 mpg in these things, filling a 25 gallon tank once a week. A lot of these folks aren’t exactly rich either and the trucks are expensive. They’re paying a mortgage payment in monthly fuel, insurance, and loan expenses on these things.

      If they could keep their egos in check, they’d save a lot of money.

      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        For people in modern countries - that’s about 28 litres per 100km that these selfish, thoughtless fuckers are going through. Cunts

        My wee car uses about 5.5 for reference

        • nyctre@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Kept reading about the fuel costs but never bothered to do the conversion. I understood they drank a lot so didn’t feel the need to know exactly how much…didn’t realize it was quite that high. Fucking hell… And I thought 10-15 was a lot for a car.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oh, they don’t care. Didn’t you know the price of gas is always the fault of the opposing parties last or current elected president??? That’s the AMERICAN way! Blame everybody else, and never accept the consequences for your own actions.