Cash for clunkers update.

[Michael Meier]

A vehicle that gets 15 mpg and does 12,000 miles per year, uses 800 gallons of gasoline.

(Government definition of a Clunker)

Taxpayers foot the bill:

A vehicle that gets 25 mpg at 12,000 miles per year, uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average clunker transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. About 700,000 vehicles were part of the Government's program, saving 224 million gallons per year.

That equates to just over 5 million barrels of oil.

5 million barrels of oil is about

 

[Bill McElroy]

They can justify that kind of business practice just like we weekend tournament fishermen justify ours.......over the course of a year, we spend THOUSANDS,...in an attempt to win HUNDREDS!!!:blink::wacko:



It's a beautiful thang!!

 

[Mark Jaworski]

Aint that the truth!!! :wacko::wacko:



Mark

 

[Scott Allen]

Shhhh! My wife is starting to catch on and I don't even tournament fish. Actually, my local bank sponsors me (out of my account)