<\/p>\n
\n<\/br><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
As it seems the german government is currently thinking about spending altogether 5 billion euros on their cash-for-clunkers program<\/a> (the german literal translation of Abwrackpraemie is: wreck-off-bonus) within their program to further economy. Not only is this economically as well as socially (as a quick comparision: they spend 1.5 billion Euros on a children program) a very questionable descision, but it is in particular ecologically bad.<\/p>\n Usually it is ecologically better to keep driving also an unecological car rather than to wreck it too early<\/a>. This is because the energy costs for car production<\/a> usually exceed in this case the energy saved by using a more fuel efficient car. Unfortunately I couldnt find a meaningful table on the break-even-point (the time when it is ecologically better to buy a new car). <\/p>\n However besides furthering the too early wrecking of cars the current german program doesnt even encourage fuel efficiency, like the envisaged US cash-for-clunkers<\/a> program. <\/p>\n