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Old-style junkyards have themselves become an endangered species, but catch a glimpse of one, and the impression it leaves is that of decay. Rows of cars, with cataract headlamps and big chrome teeth missing from their grilles, slowly sink into the earth while corrosion returns the metal to a more elemental state. While more ancient vehciles might decompose away to nothingness, modern cars are filled with materials that just won't go away. That's not to say Neff's SHO will be recognizable as any kind of automotive touchstone when it's unearthed from somewhere below Cleveland in ten centuries. What will remain of our vehicles is a mish-mash of petrochemical fodder that will surely be creatively interpreted by future archaeologists.

No metal, no leather, nothing organic will be left. Even the tires, after providing a snack for rubber-eating microbes, will then have the inner steel belting eaten away by the elements. Plastics will likely look as fresh as the day they were ejected from their molds. Seat foam, too, has shown amazing longevity in recent tests, degrading not one whit after being buried in a landfill for 700 days. Glass is pretty much the only other thing in your car that hangs around as long as the oil-based stuff, having a shelf life conservatively estimated at one million years. Wouldn't it be grand to see the window switches, headlamp clusters, and other bits and pieces artfully arranged into some kind of "artifact" that never existed? Too bad we're not going to be around to see what kind of sense future man makes of our automotive trash.

[Source: AOL Autos | Photo: Ben Merkel/Hemmings]

How long will my car (parts) last? originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C

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The ramifications of America's. Cash for Clunkers program are still being figured out - which isn't all that surprising given that a total of 700,000 or so sales totaling $2.877 billion were processed in just one month. And besides facing the unfortunate lack of suitable demolition derby material, scrapyards are reportedly finding themselves ill-equipped to deal with all the junked iron sitting behind their barbed-wire fences.

To fully benefit from the program, these scrap cars need to be properly recycled, a process that includes removing most (if not all) of the good usable parts from each vehicle before sending the remaining hulk through crush and melt-down machines. According to the rules outlined in the original Car Allowance Rebate System documentation, recyclers had six months to dispose of all these car-casses. Apparently, that's not nearly enough time.

The American Recyclers Association explains that the initial six month deadline might have been acceptable before Congress tripled the size of the C4C program, but more time will likely be needed to deal with the mess left by the program's expansion. Another six months is now being requested of the Department of Transportation, though no final decisions have been made thus far.

[Source: The Associated Press via MSNBC | Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images]

Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or buy new?

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Here's a question that often comes up when discussing the green automotive scene: Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or to buy a new, more fuel efficient model? The answer is, as you may have guessed, very complicated. One way to attack the question is on carbon emissions, and this is the main tack that Scientific American has taken when analyzing the issue. According to SciAm, due to the emissions created when manufacturing vehicles, you should keep your current car as long as possibl

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Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or buy new? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sobering Statistics: How long will it take for your car to decompose?

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Take a walk through any junkyard in the world and you're likely to come across any number of vehicles that are a mere rusted-out shell of their former selves. That's mostly because sheet metal is thin and, as the outer-most skin of an automobile, takes the brunt of the weather's nastiest beatings. Underneath, it's a different story entirely.

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Sobering Statistics: How long will it take for your car to decompose? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Recharge Wrap-up: H2 station in London, GM sustainability report

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London gets a public hydrogen fueling station. GM published its annual sustainability report. Canada funds more charging infrastructure. Transit agencies try BYD buses.

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VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Earth Day 2008 - Recyclable Cars

Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or buy new?

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Filed under: ,,

Here's a question that often comes up when discussing the green automotive scene: Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or to buy a new, more fuel efficient model? The answer is, as you may have guessed, very complicated. One way to attack the question is on carbon emissions, and this is the main tack that Scientific American has taken when analyzing the issue. According to SciAm, due to the emissions created when manufacturing vehicles, you should keep your current car as long as possibl

Continue reading Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or buy new?

Is it more eco-friendly to keep your old car or buy new? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sobering Statistics: How long will it take for your car to decompose?

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Take a walk through any junkyard in the world and you're likely to come across any number of vehicles that are a mere rusted-out shell of their former selves. That's mostly because sheet metal is thin and, as the outer-most skin of an automobile, takes the brunt of the weather's nastiest beatings. Underneath, it's a different story entirely.

Continue reading Sobering Statistics: How long will it take for your car to decompose?

Sobering Statistics: How long will it take for your car to decompose? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How long will my car (parts) last?

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Old-style junkyards have themselves become an endangered species, but catch a glimpse of one, and the impression it leaves is that of decay. Rows of cars, with cataract headlamps and big chrome teeth missing from their grilles, slowly sink into the earth while corrosion returns the metal to a more elemental state. While more ancient vehciles might decompose away to nothingness, modern cars are filled with materials that just won't go away. That's not to say Neff's SHO will be recognizable as any

Continue reading How long will my car (parts) last?

How long will my car (parts) last? originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C

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The ramifications of America's. Cash for Clunkers program are still being figured out – which isn't all that surprising given that a total of 700,000 or so sales totaling $2.877 billion were processed in just one month. And besides facing the unfortunate lack of suitable demolition derby material, scrapyards are reportedly finding themselves ill-equipped to deal with all the junked iron sitting behind their barbed-wire fences.

Continue reading Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C

Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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