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A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year.


A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.

They claim 700,000 vehicles so that's 224 million gallons saved per year.

That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.

5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption.


More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars

So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.


We spent $8.57 for every dollar saved.


How good a deal was that ???


They'll probably do a great job with health care though!!

That's our government for you! They'd find a way to screw up a wet dream!

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1962 Chevy C-10 Stepside-Rat Rod
1990 Chevy Suburban

The only way to combat violence is with greater violence!
Trying to please everyone is way to hard, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake!

I have had friends pull out cars that hardly ran and were back up cars driven 1000 miles a year maybee to trade in on this, so yeah, a great deal

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

Yea it's such a great deal that 30% of the people that bought new cars are going to have them repo'd cause they can't afford them. But the dealer don't care he got his money. Just another good government job gone bad.

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s