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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.

Emissions

Emissions CO2 2000 Vehicles

Resounding success or a piece of scrap? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2009

Since the introduction of Britain’s vehicle scrappage scheme, everything appears rosy for the country’s automotive industry once more. Hard to argue with statistics like that, isn’t it? Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment.

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Green Scrappage CO2 Pollution

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

Resounding success or a piece of scrap? The Green Piece

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