I disagree. It seems as though it is the same legislated fleet
overturn that CA has started, but cloaked as something responsible and
friendly to citizens and the environment.  If you are one of the folks
that can appreciate how much more energy, emissions, and resources are
saved by pre-cycling used car parts(esp engines, like from salvage
yards etc) the other important piece of info about this bill is that
the engine must be scrapped, and cannot be recycled or sold(as other
than scrap metal, which is energy intensive and energy negative for
engines). Sound like CA? Sure does to me.... but it affects me
directly more than the average listgoer ha... damn, it appears they're
on to us... anyhow it looks to me sort of like another pseudo-subsidy
for the dinosaurs and old guard of the auto industry, under the guise
of both social and environmental responsibility.  Good thing it's only
a year long, this time.

Hang in there big guys, your sales are all going to come back,
everyone is going to buy your cars, you'll reach
super-scale-production once again to capitalize on the last 15 years
of investment in nothing but super-scale production efficiencies,
lobbying, and awarding yourselves for innovation and... just kidding.

Jim Akiba

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Karl Ploessl<karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
> this is misuse of the intention: it is to get clunkers/polluters of
> the street not so that somebody can make money out of their chunk.