[Rob Hood]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=128569

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SACRAMENTO, California — The state of California will require all 2009 model and later cars to be labeled with stickers giving their global warming score, starting at the beginning of the year. The labels will rate vehicles on a scale of 1-10 — with 10 being the best and 5 an average number — based on direct emissions and emissions related to fuel production, and will let consumers make comparisons between models.

California vehicles already are given a Smog Score, in which new models are rated on a 1-10 scale for emissions. The labeling will be displayed side by side on new vehicles sold in the state. Consumers can also look up detailed information on the Drive Clean Web site.

New York can expect a similar sticker law for new models starting in 2010.

What this means to you: Environmental-impact stickers: not just for refrigerators anymore.

[CrashTestDummy]

Interesting that electric cars are almost unanimously-rated a 10. It's funny how people conveniently forget that electric cars still pollute, it's just that the point source of the pollution is not in their garage, although it is usually from coal-fired generation plants.

I call this one 'Busted'.

[v7guy]

Interesting that electric cars are almost unanimously-rated a 10. It's funny how people conveniently forget that electric cars still pollute, it's just that the point source of the pollution is not in their garage, although it is usually from coal-fired generation plants.

I call this one 'Busted'.

It's pat of the reason I doubt the global warming scare (or global cooling scare if you look back 40yrs). Out of curiosity how does my trailblazer have a larger carbon footprint but a better score than my old S10 blazer?

[DRD T-bone]

Interesting that electric cars are almost unanimously-rated a 10. It's funny how people conveniently forget that electric cars still pollute, it's just that the point source of the pollution is not in their garage, although it is usually from coal-fired generation plants.

I call this one 'Busted'.

It's pat of the reason I doubt the global warming scare (or global cooling scare if you look back 40yrs). Out of curiosity how does my trailblazer have a larger carbon footprint but a better score than my old S10 blazer?

A simple way to look at it is that MPG directly correlates with carbon footprint, the amount of gasoline burnt is proportional to the amount of CO2 emitted. Smog scores take into account the other gasses that come out of the tailpipe and the Trailblazer probably burns much cleaner than the S10 Blazer