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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[-] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

We had that in the US too, commonly called “cash for clunkers.”

But I think it was really more about the economic stimulus than the environmental impact. But I’m sure the environmental side helped justify it.

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