By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Americans may be dopes about a lot of things, but they recognize a good shopping deal when it comes their way.
Given the opportunity to receive thousands of dollars to jettison their rusted out, gas-hog cars, they said yes. In fact, they googled the nearest dealership and ran off to trade in those pick-ups and sport vehicles, apparently sucking up nearly all of the $1 billion set aside for the Cash for Clunkers program in a mere two weeks.
