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By: The Financial Blogger » Blog Archive » Real Return Bonds and Gold: How to Hedge Yourself against Inflation

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:58:01 +0000

[...] productivity and the US government is printing money (just think about their stimulus checks and Cash for Clunkers programs) like there’s no tomorrow. It seems pretty clear that sooner or later, inflation will [...]

By: The Financial Blogger » Blog Archive » 2008-2009 Recession Being Good for You!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:57:31 +0000

[...] of wasting it. It is exactly the same thing with a recession. The best example would be the famous Cash for Clunkers. Governments try to stimulate the economy while appearing green (it gets good press even though not [...]

By: The Financial Blogger » Blog Archive » Cash For Clunkers Made in Canada

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:58:27 +0000

[...] For some strange reason, we follow the USA in most of their economic programs and we always wait at least 3 months. Now again, GM Canada is now joining Ford in the Canadian version of Cash for Clunkers. [...]

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kitchenaid food processors — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:14:34 +0000

my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, but I guess I’ll have to check back for some more

By: kimc

kimc — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:42:18 +0000

It’s already been pointed out, but I’d like to say it again: these programs are *NOT* environmentally friendly.
Discarding an older, less efficient vehicle or appliance for a more efficient one does *NOT* reduce your carbon footprint. The energy and resources required to manufacture the new one more than offsets the benefits.
We need to become less of a consumer nation, plain and simple. Then our environmental footprints will shrink. Until then, we’re just fooling ourselves.

We own a very small home. We use cloth diapers. When our old dryer broke, we switched to line drying. We homeschool and spend a lot of time at a home. We live simply and eat simply.

I say all this as a mom of 9 who drives a 13yo 15 passenger van. Crazy? I’d be willing to bet that our family’s carbon footprint is far less than that of the average family of 4.

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Carnival of Money Hackers – 81st Edition — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:07:48 +0000

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By: Credit Card Information Site » Blog Archive » Financial Ramblings

Credit Card Information Site » Blog Archive » Financial Ramblings — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:54:51 +0000

[...] Since the US Gov already closed their famous program “cash for clunkers”, Gather Little By Little is giving them a new idea: “Cash for Applicance”. [...]

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:13:35 +0000

I know I’m really, really late on this and probably no one will read it, but the cash for clunker incentives were able to be and were used on SUVs and trucks. Considering even the new ones are still gas guzzlers, I refuse to believe that this program is based in actual environmentalism.

By: tatertot

tatertot — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:01:07 +0000

doantecarusa makes a great point, unfortunately the clunkers program prohibits this (by design).

Consider this ENVIRONMENTAL impact:

Average crushed car, about 10′ x 6′ x 2′ = 120 ft^3 x 750K clunkers = about 1M ft^3 of scrap. If you array them side by side this represents 2 square miles of scrapped clunkers 2 ft thick (or about 1250 acres)

Or, if you line them end to end you can span the US coast to coast …hey, maybe this is our new border fence?

… nice environmental management

By: doantecarusa

doantecarusa — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:30:30 +0000

Its not a good idea to keep destroying everything in the name of saving energy. These vehicles and appliances should be allowed thier full economic life.

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