Good news for people that still want to get rid of their gas guzzlers! The program is going to be extended with more money that was granted for the program by the US Senate.

Some numbers of what the program is doing for us(provided by the St. Pete Times):

By the numbers

157,000

Trade-ins of “clunkers” by Tuesday morning.

25.4

Average miles per gallon for new vehicles bought in the program.

15.9

Average miles per gallon for the trade-ins, more than 80 percent of which are trucks and SUVs.

700,000 tons

Amount of carbon emission that could be avoided if 250,000 gas guzzlers are replaced, as is expected under the original $1 billion program.

6.4 billion tons

Amount of carbon emissions by the United States last year.

Top 5 buys

• Ford Focus

• Toyota Corolla

• Honda Civic

• Toyota Prius

• Toyota Camry