Comments on: Clunkers for Cadillacs? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/13/clunkers-for-cadillacs/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: From Climate Change to Cap-and-trade: Something Rotten in Denmark? | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/13/clunkers-for-cadillacs/comment-page-1/#comment-63932 From Climate Change to Cap-and-trade: Something Rotten in Denmark? | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:26:28 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3503#comment-63932 [...] the Senate…if one can. The US may be left to tout the very flawed and not very original Cash For Clunkers program as its most progressive recent climate change [...] [...] the Senate…if one can. The US may be left to tout the very flawed and not very original Cash For Clunkers program as its most progressive recent climate change [...]

]]> By: Jay http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/13/clunkers-for-cadillacs/comment-page-1/#comment-63444 Jay Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:55:40 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3503#comment-63444 If the owner of a clunker that gets 18mpg drives 15,000 miles per year and trades it in for a truck that gets 22 mpg, they will save 318 gallons of gas per year. In order for the owner of a 24 mpg clunker to save the same amount of gas, over the same number of miles driven, they would have to buy a new car that gets 48 mpg. CFC isn't perfect, but it's not nearly as bad as mpg numbers make it seem. We need to start thinking of more useful rating systems. If the owner of a clunker that gets 18mpg drives 15,000 miles per year and trades it in for a truck that gets 22 mpg, they will save 318 gallons of gas per year. In order for the owner of a 24 mpg clunker to save the same amount of gas, over the same number of miles driven, they would have to buy a new car that gets 48 mpg.

CFC isn't perfect, but it's not nearly as bad as mpg numbers make it seem. We need to start thinking of more useful rating systems.

]]> By: russ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/13/clunkers-for-cadillacs/comment-page-1/#comment-63222 russ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:53:13 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3503#comment-63222 Environmental Economist? That is a new term for me. I suppose it requires the same qualification as the anomoyus but oft quoted 'environmentalist' or 'scientist' or 'whatever'. In their panic to show something for all the recovery bucks spent, our idiot representatives finally found something that dumps money into the economy - immediately. Flowers are considered green - why not ask for people to be able to spend the money on petunias? Environmental Economist? That is a new term for me.

I suppose it requires the same qualification as the anomoyus but oft quoted 'environmentalist' or 'scientist' or 'whatever'.

In their panic to show something for all the recovery bucks spent, our idiot representatives finally found something that dumps money into the economy – immediately.

Flowers are considered green – why not ask for people to be able to spend the money on petunias?

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