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Study: Cash-for-Clunkers Programs Should Use Fuel Economy Rather Than Age to Maximize GHG Reductions

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers at UC Davis suggests that a properly designed vehicle scrappage (i.e., Cash for Clunkers”) program could maximize greenhouse gas emissions savings by using fuel-economy based eligibility requirements rather than age-based requirements. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Allan et al.

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Proposed scrappage scheme meets criticism

Green Cars News

The scrappage scheme is only a few days old here in the UK and it has already come under fire. It suggests that the House’s programme seems as though it is designed to undercut both its economic and environmental value. What do you think of these proposals and the scrappage scheme in general?