UM: Global Warming

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An Associated Press article looks at the impact that the federal “Cash for Clunkers” program – which is taking gas guzzlers off the road – will have in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The answer: Not much. The article quotes Bruce Belzowski, a scientist at UM’s Transportation Research Institute: ”There’s 260 million vehicles on the road and you’re talking a quarter-million vehicles. It’s not even close. It’s just a drop in the bucket. It’s really small numbers. But if you don’t start somewhere, where are you going to start? It heads the country in the right direction.” [Source]