The 'informational video' is extremely misleading, it makes it sound like is you have an old beat up car 'clunker' you're assured of $4.5k off. Not true. Your car has to get less than a combined estimated 18mpg as determined by this site: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/sbs.htm

And its funny cause they show a 'car' in the commercial yet most 'cars' don't qualify unless they're old sports cars or massive yacht like cars. What it's really meant for? To help the car companies sell their SUVs and trucks.

If you want to buy a new passenger car the new vehicle needs to get 4mpg more than your old vehicle for $3.5k, if its 10 or more mpg better you get $4.5k

If you want to buy a new mid size truck/suv its only 2mpg better for $3.5k or 5mpg better for $4.5k

If you own a big-ass truck/suv you can buy another big-ass truck/SUV and get the $3.5k off for the $4.5k off it only needs to be 2mpg better.

So basically it has nothing to do with getting people to drive more fuel efficient cars and everything to do with helping the auto industry sell their big-ass gas-guzzling machines that put them in the poor house to begin with. Thank you for turning what could have been a forward thinking incentive based program into another handout to to auto industry.

Also when it comes to the environment, is the overall picture being even looked at?

I'd imagine despite the fuel efficiency of new cars, just throwing away old perfectly working and taking into account the resources it takes to build a new car would probably be less environmentally friendly than just driving your old unefficient car.

Moving this video to Crosswords's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*beg

I noticed the program already ran out of money. Turns out that when you can offer new vehicles, combined with dealer discounts, for ~$11k people buy them.

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Crosswords.

*beg for handouts

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Crosswords.