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whore
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 335/0.93
Threads: 2
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Re: Help me understand
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Originally Posted by joerockhead
It is my understanding...
- If You Built a Ford F350 with a Big Block, it will get about 8 MPG and thus creates Massive Carbon output.
So, you build a 1/2 Electric 1/2 Gas car that gets 60+ MPG, and you have a tiny amount of Carbon output. When you get a vehicle that is above a certain percent, you get credits to cover you for the Big Negatives.
A way for Congress to make it look like they are pressuring the Manufacturers.
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And of course in the end, it all amounts to nothing substantive.
Mere lip service to addressing the issue. Of course it's not us doing the real polluting these days, but you'd never know that from listening to the media. |