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HerHusband wrote:


From an environmental aspect, it takes a lot more energy and polution to
manufacturer all the steel, plastics, and rubber that make up a new
vehicle. The "cash for clunkers" program years ago made no sense to me as
a lot more energy and polution would be used to build all those new cars
than the better efficiency would provide. Not to mention the energy and
waste to recycle the old vehicles.

Assuming the CfC was environment in nature. It was much more to get
people to buy new cars and keep the automakers in business until "real"
demand took off again. The pollution stuff was just a bone tossed to
certain groups for campaign money (and they actually fell for it!)
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