On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:45:09 -0700 (PDT),
trader_4 wrote:

I didn't say that either, in fact I said the opposite. You're looking
at torque, not energy expended. If I lift a 100 lb rock with a 2ft
lever or with a 10 ft lever, one involves 5 times the torque, but
the energy used is exactly the same.

I'm not looking to argue what he said and she said so I won't say what you
said. I'll just keep looking for the answer but it seems pretty universal
what the answer turned out to be (which wasn't what I originally thought).

This article "The Drawbacks to Bigger Wheels"
https://www.autotrader.com/car-shopp...-wheels-246039
concludes by saying
"there's undoubtedly a negative correlation between [larger] wheel size and
fuel economy."