http://www.skepticrats.com/2009/08/02/clunkers-for-suvs/ You expect us to believe that? Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.skepticrats.com/2009/08/02/clunkers-for-suvs/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Robert L. www.neolibertarian.com Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:18:28 +0000 http://www.skepticrats.com/?p=2152#comment-730 There's also the issue that a new Acadia invoices for $30,000 to $40,000. That means this guy had plenty of money for a smaller vehicle from the start so there's a good chance the guy isn't buying an Acadia instead of not buying a new car, he's just buying a bigger, better car than he could have afforded without Cash For Clunkers. Ironically, it's possible that the extra $4,500 let him buy a car that took more energy and resources to make, and which gets lower mileage, than a smaller SUV that he might have gotten without the benefit of other people's money. There’s also the issue that a new Acadia invoices for $30,000 to $40,000. That means this guy had plenty of money for a smaller vehicle from the start so there’s a good chance the guy isn’t buying an Acadia instead of not buying a new car, he’s just buying a bigger, better car than he could have afforded without Cash For Clunkers. Ironically, it’s possible that the extra $4,500 let him buy a car that took more energy and resources to make, and which gets lower mileage, than a smaller SUV that he might have gotten without the benefit of other people’s money.

]]> http://www.skepticrats.com/2009/08/02/clunkers-for-suvs/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Does the Sierra Club Know? « The Rhetorican Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:41:20 +0000 http://www.skepticrats.com/?p=2152#comment-726 [...] Does the Sierra Club Know? August 3, 2009 Posted by Jehuda in Uncategorized. Tags: Economics, Money, News, Politics trackback Skepticrats: Cash for Clunkers program putting brand new SUV’s on the road. [...] [...] Does the Sierra Club Know? August 3, 2009 Posted by Jehuda in Uncategorized. Tags: Economics, Money, News, Politics trackback Skepticrats: Cash for Clunkers program putting brand new SUV’s on the road. [...]

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