Thanks Dean,




We all know that lib politicians have a fear of math. The repubs have the same. Out with all of the elitists, bring on the Tea Party candidates.



Sam





----- Original Message -----

From: Dean Williams



Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:01 AM

Subject: Clunker math





Clunker Math -- Think of it this way:

A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year.

A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gas consumption by 320 gallons per year.

They claim 700,000 vehicles so that's 224 million gallons saved per year.

That equates to about 5 million barrels of oil; and 5M barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption.

More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars.

So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.

Hence, we spent $8.57 for every dollar saved.

I'm pretty sure they will do a great job with health care, though.