Estimating Damages From the VW Emissions Scandal (acs.org)

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @12:42AM from the grim-accounting dept.

ckwu writes: Last year, the news broke that in the U.S. almost 600,000 Volkswagen diesel vehicles, model years 2009 to 2015, contain software that altered engine performance and lowered emissions of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) during emissions tests but not during normal driving. A new study calculates the societal impact of this extra NOx: 46 excess expected deaths and $430 million in excess damages. U.S. regulators have filed a federal lawsuit against the automaker alleging violations of the Clean Air Act.

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Damage by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-20 01:06 · Score: 1, Funny

Well, let's see... the damage includes all the tornado damage in Texas from December 26, the water crisis in Flint, starving kids in China, all those dying animals found on the ASPCA beg-a-thon infomercials, and Trump's hair. Might as well throw the housing market debacle in there as well.
Re: Someone call Al Gore by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-20 01:45 · Score: 0, Funny

I bet you like systemd