I guess all the country's that are doing something about it are all wrong
all of Europe,Great Britain,Russia,and even China have started to see the light,look at japan, you can buy jap engines all day long with 45 thousand miles on them,they won't use them after that,they sell em to us. the biggest palooters on earth, USA.

We also need to remember the CO2 required to build the car. There are a variety of sources for this, from the energy required to build the car (welding / pressing etc), the energy required for production of parts from raw materials and even the footprint required to scrap and recycle a vehicle. The SMMT (Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders) gives an official figure of about a tonne of CO2 for this whole process. This is widely believed to be far too low.

So let’s say that 1000kg of CO2 is created building a new car, that’s 1,000,000 g of CO2. And lets say that 30g/km is actually saved by getting a newer, smaller, more efficient car through the scrappage scheme. To offset the impact of manufacturing would take a minimum of 20,000 miles of driving, or almost one complete lap of the earth.

Another source is Professor Julia King, vice-chancellor of Aston University who for the Governmenet calculated that 85% of a car’s CO2 is from fuel , 10% production and 5% destruction. In the simplest terms that means owning one car is 8% more CO2 efficient than owning 2 cars over the same period.
(10%+85%+85%+5% v 10%+85%+5%+10%+85%+5%)

WebsterMark wrote on 08/14/10 at 18:24:02:




Whatare you tawkin 'bout Willis? The way I see if, the same guys who dont think the fed is a problem believe in the GW lies/  
That no one wants to talk about the melting ice caps on m,ars at the same time our planet was warming is enough for me to see they havent the ability to think for themselves. They live tyo be lied to & they tyhink Im an idiot because I wont get on board the crazytrain.