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clunkers program done already?
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30ashopper
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For some reason those videos made me sad. One thing is for sure, that last Jeep did not give up without a serious fight! Go Jeep!
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Alicia Leonard
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Smiling JOe
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Does anyone find this program to be not so "green?" Obama is all about green, and small carbon footprint, supposedly, yet this program crushes the autos being traded in, thereby leaving people who are still driving older autos, with no spare parts, which means that more carbon is created by producing new parts for these older vehicles still on the road. The first three rules of being green are:
1) reduce
2) reuse
3) recycle
Seems to me that we should be reusing resources which are currently in existance rather than recylcing the scrap metal into new parts. It would be much more Earth friendly, but I guess Obama is a politician, so I'm not surprised.
Did anyone know that the original bill included $4 billion for this program and it was shoved into the "emergency war funding" bill? 'Tis true.
1) reduce
2) reuse
3) recycle
Seems to me that we should be reusing resources which are currently in existance rather than recylcing the scrap metal into new parts. It would be much more Earth friendly, but I guess Obama is a politician, so I'm not surprised.
Did anyone know that the original bill included $4 billion for this program and it was shoved into the "emergency war funding" bill? 'Tis true.
Bob
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Smiling JOe
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I think the sad part of that second video is that Jeep would probably have brought $8500+ if they were trying to sell it. Tires, wheels, engine, transmission, window, doors, fenders, hood, etc, would have probably brought $4,500 by piecing them off, and they would have been of valuable use to someone, rather being crushed. Oh, well, until the people begin to think for themselves, we will continue to have such wasteful and useless gov't programs.
scooterbug44
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SJ - you think the program isn't green because while they are encouraging trading in vehicles for those with lower emissions and higher mileage, they aren't selling them for parts? 
What exactly are they doing w/ the trade ins? Recycling the metal? Letting them rot in junkyards? I find it hard to believe they aren't using them for parts.
What exactly are they doing w/ the trade ins? Recycling the metal? Letting them rot in junkyards? I find it hard to believe they aren't using them for parts.
sunspotbaby
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I think the sad thing is that some of the cars that have been junked are decent cars. The requirements are such that the vehicle has to have been registered and insured for the past year , and in running condition right?
Why didn't the gov't just offer to resell these vehicles really cheap, like 500.00 and still give the credit on a new car?
There are many many people that could use a car that just runs. They don't care about a scratch or dent or that it gets 18 instead of 20 mpg. I don't understand destroying something that someone somewhere could use. Maybe it's just me.
Why didn't the gov't just offer to resell these vehicles really cheap, like 500.00 and still give the credit on a new car?
There are many many people that could use a car that just runs. They don't care about a scratch or dent or that it gets 18 instead of 20 mpg. I don't understand destroying something that someone somewhere could use. Maybe it's just me.
