**..cash-for-clunkers-style round-up..**
An example of wasting energy by the kooks. The energy used to make those still useful cars and trucks.
When Toyota recalled all of their 1995-2005 Tacoma pickup trucks for rusting frames they took 850K+ vehicles off the road. 850K was the number the Toyota of North America rep told me in 2012. It went on for several years after that.
Many like my 1999 that they bought back had already been repaired by welding patches on the frame. However, in 2012 they paid me KBB full retail x 1.5. Roughly $14.5K for a 13 year old pickup truck. That they drained the fluids out. Recycled the tires and aluminum rims and then crushed it.
The engine only had 127K miles. Probably was worth $1000 or more. That truck could have easily been sold in Central America or Asia for $5K or more with a Salvage Title.