Govt math

24 HOURS IN A DAY, 24 BEERS IN A CASE, "COINCIDENCE", I DON'T THINK SO !!!

I guess I must be on the wrong page? A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year  uses 800 gallons a year of gasoline. A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year  uses 480 gallons a year. So, the average "Cash for Clunkers" transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. They claim 700,000 vehicles ? so that's  224 million gallons / year. That equates  to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil. 5 million barrels of oil is about ?  of one day's US consumption.  And, 5 million barrels of oil  costs about $350 million dollars at $70/bbl. So, we all contributed to spending  $3 billion to save $350 million. How good a deal was that ??? They'll probably do a great job with health care though!!