Originally Posted by
Bekologist
it's not an argument, it's common knowledge. Just like the common knowledge that there's been bicycles in use in New York City for quite some time.
Like that the moon is made of green cheese.
If it's actually "common", it should be easy to provide a reference.
Originally Posted by
Bekologist
in the last decade, miles driven by young adults in this country declined by, like, 27 percent.
What is "young adult"? What is the baseine for the "27%"? A year? A decade?
There's no way of evaluating such an incomplete statistic.