Originally Posted by
denwa
i always wondered why the auto industry didnt own the salvage yards...junking a car doesnt bring much money..they buy the metal eventually anyway...and instead of selling used parts they could just turn them strait to metal....poof...no more used parts...must buy a new car..
The government gives manufacturing plants vouchers to produce a certain amount of air pollutants based on the amount of cars they junk. It was an editorial in hot rod a couple years back that explained the whole process. Freiburger wrote it when gas prices first started to spike and the shitbox econo cars became really popular.