Governor wants junk cars off the road

AP ^ | 3/17/5 | Tom Chorneau

[Fester Chugabrew]

[mpreston]

This is actually not a terrible idea. The vast majority of auto emissions today come from a relative handful of vehicles.

Late to the party but here's some data that debunks this BS. Here's a web site that provides some data based on mileage http://www.aircarecolorado.com/repair/acnews/apr99.htm

<5K miles 3g/mi

<50K miles 4.6g/mi

<70K miles 6.7g/mi

<80K miles 13g/mi

Looks like on average vehicles under 80K emit 5g/mi while vehicles over 80K emit 13g/mi. As a vehicles accumulates miles it's emissions go up. Not rocket science. There are roughly 30-40 million vehicles in California. Lets assume each drives 15K miles per year. That's probably conservative. The older vehicles probably accumulate significantly less mileage per year.

35 million vehicles x 15Kmiles/year x 5g/mi = 2.625x10^9 kilograms

15K vehicles x 15Kmiles/year x 13g/mi = 2.925x10^6 kilograms

The 15K "old" vehicles represent a 1% or less problem. The Governor wants to spend $150 MILLON on a 1% change in emissions. Most likely some of the vehicles turned in for the $1K aren't even on the road and are really parts cars for collectors. I bet a detailed study would come up with numbers <0.5%. No wonder California has a spending problem.

[taz2582taz]

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[Always Right]

I need to buy a fleet of sub-$500 cars with emmission problems and move to California.

[taz2582taz]

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[SmithL]

See Post 45

[Smokin' Joe]

The camel's nose.

It will only be a matter of time before you will have to retire your vehicle based on age. Not performance, not how cleanly it burns, but just when it was made.

That way you can have one with all the black boxes and other totalitaran-friendly widgets which track your position and allow the right folks to listen to what is being said in your vehicle.

For now, I'll keep driving my fossils.