Reply #38: Also, if one pulls a heavy trailer, the only option is suv or pick-up [View All]

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In that case (a trailer over 3500#), the suv is much more efficient because it can haul 4-8 passengers as well as a very heavy trailer. And an suv also has far more inside carrying capacity than any passenger vehicle other than a minivan- and those reach their light-duty limits rather quickly.

So, if one is pulling a loaded trailer with organic produce from the farm cooperative headed for the local farmers market, one is being much more energy efficient and socially responsible than the many score of polluting scooter riders with baskets that would be required to carry the same produce to the same market.