Only if you also think that beer has more ethanol in it than whisky.
In equal quantities, neither is true.
FTFY.
You need 4 shots of espresso to match the caffeine in 16oz of drip coffee. This does depend on roast; darker roasts have less.
A 16oz or 20oz latte at Starbucks will have 2 shots, i.e. medium roast drip is double, and even a standard 16oz americano at Starbucks only has 3 shots; drip still has 33% more.
Flat Whites are trickier, because despite having an extra shot over lattes (3 in 16oz/20oz), the shots are ristretto (less water), which extract less caffeine.
A 'tall' filter coffee, which IIRC is 16oz in the US, is 229mg, about equivalent to 3 single espresso shots (page 4 of the link below).
https://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/E3DA4F2E01A148DD88...
16oz of drip is listed as 308mg.
While this is technically true, it's quite misleading because coffee measurements are typically done by weight. Caffeine content between roast levels only differ meaningfully when measuring by volume instead of weight. Coffee beans swell as they are roasted meaning darker roasts are less dense.
(Nutrition Information linked from starbucks.ca) https://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/94fbcc2ab1e2435985...
A 16oz cup of Dark, Medium and Blonde is listed as 260mg, 310mg, and 360mg respectively.
In the real world, people drink more beer, and far larger cups and amounts of drip coffee than espresso.
https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starb...