Just about every news wire is talking about–SURPRISE–that countless pickup trucks were traded in for . . . pickup trucks.  In fact, about 15% of the new cars that owners drove off the lots thanks to this program got less that 20 mpg.  You may not think this was an egregious amount, but when you [...]

Maybe I’m just bitter because I (finally, it took me 3 years) just watched the documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car, but I’m dubious about the Cash for Clunker scheme, which the Obama Administration and Congress has extended because of its crazy success.   (more…)