Tank, you put way too much effort in to that. Not a knock, just they don't deserve your time.
Mainly, they use, as you pointed out, adjustment factors, but fail to use common sense adjustment factors. Mainly, annual production number of each vehicle line, average annual miles driven by each vehicle line.
See, if they were really interested in actual impact, they would have offered an actual study that provides balanced information that makes sense. But, in this day and age, excerpts and headlines is all that is needed to garner limelight. No one will call you to the mat on backing the up the factual information.
In the overall scope of the world what is the true impact that the Lamborghini Murcielago, Bentley Arnage, Maybach 57S, or the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano have on the environment, all the way from manufacturing to everyday driving. Due to the low production numbers and the very few miles driven, it's ludicrous to suppose that these car lines somehow compare to a Dodge Durango or Dodge Pickup which have much higher production numbers and are daily drivers.
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