All hail St. Algore! All Hail Obama the Green Messiah!.............
Posted on 07/07/2008 7:03:46 AM PDT by Crazieman
All new vehicles on sale in California will soon have to display their green credentials. This is a new scheme implemented by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). From January 1, 2009, stickers like the one seen here will carry information about the environmental performance of every vehicle they’re pasted into.
There will be a ‘Global Warming Score’ (based on greenhouse gas emissions from driving and fuel production) and a ‘Smog Score’ (pretty much self-explanatory), both rated on a one-to-ten scale, with ten being the cleanest. And, similar to warnings on cigarette packets, they will say: ‘Protect the environment, choose vehicles with higher scores.’
“This label will arm consumers with the information they need to choose a vehicle that saves gas, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps fight smog all at once," says Mary Nichols of CARB. "Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight against climate change.”
“For most people in California, driving a car is the number-one way they pollute,” says Spencer Quong, senior vehicles analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Potential customers can already find the relevant facts on the internet (though not necessarily with a ratings system from one single body), but Quong says: “These labels are simple and straightforward, and will make identifying a greener car easier than ever.”
Californians buy more than 1.5 million new vehicles each year, making up about 10% of the total U.S. new vehicle market.
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Shouldn't the agency FIRST have to prove that man is a significant factor in global warming/cooling before they CLAIM one care is better or worse in this regard?
Basically, they will; be a guide for eco-vandals to know which cars to trash in the name of AlGore.
Shoot if I knew the score for my 1997 Jeep Cherokee, inline 6 cylindar with a bad O2 sensor, I’d paint it on there myself.
The Number 1 at McDonald’s lists its calories at over 1800, people still buy it. This sticker will have the same effect.
I’ll be so glad when this fad passes, and I never ever need to hear the words “Green” or “Eco-” anything again.
Unskilled labor running a worthless leaf blower consumes gas, emits toxic fumes, creates noise pollution, and doesn't REMOVE any debris (it only disperses it into the street or someone else's yard).
I think they meant "Smug Score."
Remember the CLEAR fad of the 1990s? Clear detergents, clear colas, etc?
All hail St. Algore! All Hail Obama the Green Messiah!.............
ping!
your tax dollars at work.
The last year for that fantastic in-line 6 - a great engine. I had one of those outstanding vehicles. It was RED with BLACK trim. I give it a 10+. I loved it but I had to trade it in for a big Suburban diesel to pull the mountains of West USA. I wish I had the Jeep back so I could pay $3.79 for gas rather than $4.85 for diesel.
Man, that was a real success. :-)
I think that the backlash is starting. When the SNL commercials show up satirizing the green movement, we'll know that the fad is over.
If I bought a vehicle with a "10 sticker," I'd erase the "0" just to piss people off.
Shoot, if any governmental agency had to prove it's use, the unemployment rate in this country would jump about 5 percentage points from all the pointy-headed bureaucrats put out of work.
Unfortunately I think this one is going to be a long time passing and is going to cost yoou and I a fair amount of money and grief. And when the next Little Ice Age begins in a few years, they will just claim credit for having “stopped” global warming.
My bigass Suburban probably gets a 1. My 98 Z28 Camaro probably earns a 2.
I have an ‘07 crewcab 4x4 Silverado, a 76 CJ5 Jeep with V8 and a ‘94 Jeep Cherokee.............. All probably get pretty low ratings.
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