I like in Houston. Yes there are plenty of trucks and many people driving them “unnecessarily” whatever that means. But I have worked in the northeast, mid west

I like in Houston. Yes there are plenty of trucks and many people driving them “unnecessarily” whatever that means. But I have worked in the northeast, mid west and west coast. Despite what you may want to believe, there are not that many more trucks in Texas than elsewhere. The F-150 would not be the best selling vehicle in the US if only Texans bought them. I personally can’t daily drive a truck because I like sportier vehicles. But I can’t be mad at someone who chooses to. They’re roomy, convenient when buying large items and as of late not earth destroying bro dozers that they seem to have a reputation for in some circles. If we truly want to make progress towards less oil dependence and cleaner vehicles then we have to get off this tribal greenies vs MAGAs nonsense that really only serves to entrench two sides. I’m somewhat interested in the auto industry, I like cars. I love old muscle cars that get 10 mpg and have horrible emissions. I also would love to own a Tesla. I would like to see future cars more in line with a model S or model X than the gas swilling muscle car. I think that the left thinks that mandates are the only way to get there. That may be partially true but I also think that mandates are pushing opposing goals. Cars have to be safer so you build heavier larger cars. That requires more horsepower so we need larger engines or forced induction. Setting a deadline for mpg and emissions is only going to make cars very expensive. Electric cars are not going to cover all use cases and there is a real problem of lithium availability and battery capacity. There have been great strides to solving these issues but it isn’t there yet. As other comments have said, passenger cars and trucks are low on the list of polluters compared to planes, semis, trains, cargo ships. Believe it or not, I think the folks in the auto industry do want to make cleaner more efficient cars and trucks, but they also are in a business where a misstep can bankrupt the company so bold moves are not on the road map.