Did you hear the one where GM Chairman Bob Lutz said that global warming is a "total crock of shit?" Then he goes, "I'm a skeptic, not a denier. Having said that, my opinion doesn't matter." He wraps up his funny joke by saying, "I'm motivated more by the desire to replace imported oil than by the CO2."
Haha! That would be a funny one, if it was a joke. Unfortunately, it's actually what he actually said recently at a private lunch the other day, according to D Magazine. Here one of the top guys at GM, and one of the most respected people in Detroit, a guy who gets to green-light cars and set strategy, and he's denying global warming on one hand, and then saying that what he thinks doesn't matter. Hmmm.
It occurs to me that if GM had been investing more in clean technologies like Toyota's been doing for all these years, instead of pumping out Hummers, Suburbans and Escalades while sending lobbyists to Washington to claim that higher fuel efficiency standards would bankrupt Detroit, maybe they wouldn't be in the mess they're in today.
And they are in a mess. The economy of Michigan is really struggling, they've been losing market share for years, and they have hemorrhaged money for much of this decade. I know GM is doing a great job in some respects these days, (hey that Cadillac CTS is hot!) but look what their denial of reality has wrought them. It's time to get rid of the dinosaurs, and embrace reality GM!
Did you hear the one where GM Chairman Bob Lutz said that global warming is a "total crock of shit?" Then he goes, "I'm a skeptic, not a denier. Having said that, my opinion doesn't matter." He wraps up his funny joke by saying, "I'm motivated more by the desire to replace imported oil than by the CO2."
Haha! That would be a funny one, if it was a joke. Unfortunately, it's actually what he actually said recently at a private lunch the other day, according to D Magazine. Here one of the top guys at GM, and one of the most respected people in Detroit, a guy who gets to green-light cars and set strategy, and he's denying global warming on one hand, and then saying that what he thinks doesn't matter. Hmmm.
It occurs to me that if GM had been investing more in clean technologies like Toyota's been doing for all these years, instead of pumping out Hummers, Suburbans and Escalades while sending lobbyists to Washington to claim that higher fuel efficiency standards would bankrupt Detroit, maybe they wouldn't be in the mess they're in today.
And they are in a mess. The economy of Michigan is really struggling, they've been losing market share for years, and they have hemorrhaged money for much of this decade. I know GM is doing a great job in some respects these days, (hey that Cadillac CTS is hot!) but look what their denial of reality has wrought them. It's time to get rid of the dinosaurs, and embrace reality GM!
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