[Rob Hood]

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

Article is posted in case the link is bad -

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.

[Major_Lee_Slow]

WTF, my wife's 2003 Passat and my GMC Yukon both score under 1. What kinda vehicle gets a 10?

you know I think that the greenies just hate cars no matter what. First they were pissed off about NOx and CO emissions, the car companies drastically improved those emissions, then it was MPG. OK, said the automakers, we'll improve that too. They all have many models which get over 30mpg. So then the greenies jumped on the CO2 emissions knowing that there was nothing that could be done about them without considerably improving gas millage to unattainable levels (yet they seem to leave out the fact that every breath we all take we exhale CO2, and personally I'm not taking anyone seriously about CO2 until they reduce their own CO2 output to 0). Now they've cooked up this Global warming sticker crap. No wonder our auto industry is in ruins.

Oh, and have you all hear about changing the gas tax to a miles driven tax? Apparently people in Oregon are getting too good gas millage so now the state is hurting for money due to the reduced fuel consumption. I swear, our country is run by complete ass-hats.

[trackbird]

Oh, and have you all hear about changing the gas tax to a miles driven tax? Apparently people in Oregon are getting too good gas millage so now the state is hurting for money due to the reduced fuel consumption. I swear, our country is run by complete ass-hats.

I first heard about California wanting to do that. They pushed for hybrid vehicles, then lost so much tax revenue, they wanted "re-penalize" those who aren't using much gas (and therefore paying less taxes that they need), as well as everyone else. In my truck, I might come out ahead to pay by the mile since I get 11-12 mpg. But I'd still rather not get a bill from the state each month...