Originally posted by Surf Green
Wrong. The 1 out of 10 rating has nothing to do with GreenHouse emissions. The Poor rating comes from the particulate emissions, of which the blame rest fully on the poor fuel available in the United States. If we were to be as scrutinizing with the Insight, or other Hybrids, we should add a couple hundred pounds of waste batteries as part of their toxic emissions.
where did you read this?...i'm on the site that lists the info about this scale and it doesn't say particulate emissions only...it also mentions how much smog is created...so a ranking of 1 on the scale means it emits 43.7 - 58.8 lbs of Smog-Forming Pollution Per 15,000 Miles...where a car with a 7 on the list gets 7.9 - 11.8...the 1.9t gets the 1 and the hybrid civic gets the 7 (here's the link:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/best/rating.shtml)