What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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    2 years ago

    Switching from a 5mpg truck to a 10mpg truck does more for the environment than switching from 40mpg car to a 55mpg car.

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        2 years ago

        The ask was

        What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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            2 years ago

            Well a lot of people would think gaining 50 mpg is way better than gaining 5 mpg, since it’s 10x as much, but really it just shows that you can’t use mpg as a unit to compare like that