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Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. Conversely, encouraging shortened vehicle lifetime via vehicle replacement schemes can result in higher total-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the authors found. Credit: ACS, Kagawa et al.

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Emissions CO2 2000 Vehicles

Extending vehicle life the key to CO2 emission savings

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Remember when the scrappage scheme and the cash for clunkers campaign were introduced and many argued that replacing older cars with new vehicles would be beneficial for the environment? Well now a study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology is suggesting the opposite.

Cash For Clunkers

Cash For Clunkers Scrappage CO2 Emissions

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Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

Extending vehicle life the key to CO2 emission savings

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