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So I watched the full video a while back and it makes a lot of sense. For some applications, especially in a hauling workload and for people working construction or in other fields that require the use of a truck it makes sense.
On the other hand, for any other applications, they don't fiscally provide a need other than the cool factor. There's a reason why station wagons aren't popular or sold here as much.
I agree with the video and hope we can move towards a society that relies less on the need for large vehicles that tend to be more fatal death machines.
I live where it seems more than half the vehicles on the road are pickup trucks. Agriculture is the primary industry around here, but many who are driving trucks definitely don't need them.
There are so many excuses it's almost entertaining to ask people why they chose a more expensive, less efficient vehicle when they use the 'truck' function less than once per year.
"But snow...", my outback does just fine. "But yard waste (and/or any material one would only very occasionally haul in the box)...", ever heard of a utility trailer? And the worst one, "but it's safer..." right, it's easier to roll, heavier so takes longer to stop, light in the rear so easier to lose control, and more blind spots.
I feel this is an unintended consequence of fuel efficiency regulations, and you can see it in the vehicles offered by manufacturers. Trucks were deemed 'commercial vehicles' so had less strict efficiency requirements than cars, therefore manufacturers found it easier to just sell larger vehicles than to try to meet the difficult efficiency standards for small cars.