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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:23 PM Original message |
why CASH for CLUNKERS is super-green and saves consumers BIG $$$$ |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. wow -- an UNREC? you have to be kidding me. who's against this... why don't you post about it? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't take the Unrec presonally - there are those who are unrecing everything |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. i call that out so that fellow DU'ers are aware of it. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Forgive, I'm not so great at math but... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. there is a great deal of improvement from 18mpg to say 25. it's about $400 per 10K miles. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. It's got nothing to do with "sadness". Or savings...You said "GREEN" |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. +1 nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. +2 n/t |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. 250k "clunkers" traded in |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. 250K cars each putting 2 tons less CO2 in the air every 10K miles.... yeah, it's green, and doable |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Very inefficient |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Each was replaced by a new car... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. dupe |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm just thrilled there will be fewer of those damned things |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. that is a great point! the big SUVs were/are getting quite difficult to trade-in b/c the market |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. great program |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unreccing because any program that promotes automobile usage is not "green" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yeah, in BrookWorld (TM) there would be no gas-powered engines... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. What the hell is BrookWorld? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's SUPER GREEN! Bzzzzzzt! |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. +1 for giving your self a hand. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. So $4500 reduces 2 tons of carbon per year. How much does it cost to buy enough |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. not feeding... |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. I found the answer. It costs between $2/ton and $99/ton to offset carbon |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. And people who owned the running clunkers need the new debt of a car loan during the |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You don't get it. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Deleted message |
Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not a troll, just wrong |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. KnR |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. I believe it's a step in the right direction. |
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Expedite Trucker (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Great post very enlightening |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. Excellent post! K&R for actual facts. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is mostly likely not true. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Good: it better illustrates the economics. Bad: it depends on a fallacy |
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