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1Germans can receive a voucher worth $3,500 if they trade in cars at least 9 years old for a new car. Due to the massive response, (more than 1 million buyers have applied), the government has extended the program to the end of the year and increase its budget from $2.1 billion to $7 billion. Registrations of new cars in Germany jumped 40% in May, compared with the same period last year. Britain also introduced its “cash-for-clunkers” scheme to replace cars older than 13 years.
2This is the footnote for item #2.
3The sale of light weight vehicles in August 2009 continued to decrease for the last 10 months with the reduction by 5.1% compared to the same month of the year 2008.
4Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism 2009.
5Presented at a recent Integrated Research Systems for Sustainability Science (IR3S) and University of Tokyo symposium on “Pathway to Low Carbon Society after Kyoto Protocol” (Tokyo, 28 October 2009).
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