Summary

A reader who owns a hand-me-down 1995 Dodge Ram plans to keep repairing it until rust, gasoline prices or regulation finally stop him. I think he is making a rational household decision. The truck is paid for, he knows how to maintain it, and a repair bill of hundreds or even a few thousand dollars is easier to justify than spending $50,000 on a new electric pickup. Yet the climate arithmetic says this is exactly the kind of vehicle the United States should want off the road.

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