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> Even trashing your working ICE car to buy an EV is a net negative Is anyone really advocating for 'trashing' working vehicles? I thought we proved how dumb

• cduzz 5y ago
  It's been my experience that the a car's last small fraction life, much like a person's, are much worse than the preceding by a huge margin. Seals fail, emissions management devices wear out, fluids start to leak, it's terrible. Constant repairs with uncertain outcome. It's worse for cars. There's always a scenario where an old car is a perfectly fine alternative, but there are lots of situations where the older car is less safe and emits substantially more than a newer alternative. "Cash 4 Clunkers" was a disgrace, but mobility and ease of access to transportation are a public good and a utility that should be easily available to all, not just those people who can afford a newer car or people who've got a low mileage volvo 240 in the garage for when they want to go camping.
  • sokoloff 5y ago
    That last point is a large part of what made C4C such a disgrace. Working cars being destroyed as part of that program rather than being sold into the used market (as would have otherwise happened) served to harm the lower purchase price end of the overall car market (combined new and used).