fair enough. not for my sissy hipster yuppie self though. On 2/26/08, Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the design is fine, although the GM reference raises > a number of problematic associations concerning the > company's relationship to Detroit (not to mention balance > sheet, market share, offshoring, the lamea$$ comments by > Bob Lutz about global warming, etc.). > > But hey, when you're talking about anything Detroit related, > it's all about ambiguity and contradictions. > > So yeah, Martin's gotten us the postmodern 313 t-shirt > design :) > > fh > > > ----------------- > > GM exec stands by calling global warming a 'crock' > > Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:04pm EST > > (Editor's Note: This story contains language in paragraph 1 that may > be offensive to some readers) > > DETROIT, Feb 22 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, > Profile, Research) Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he > made dismissing global warming as a "total crock of sh1t," saying > his views had no bearing on GM's commitment to build environmentally > friendly vehicles. > > Lutz, GM's outspoken product development chief, has been under fire > from Internet bloggers since last month when he was quoted as making > the remark to reporters in Texas. > > In a posting on his GM blog on Thursday, Lutz said those "spewing > virtual vitriol" at him for minimizing the threat of climate change > were "missing the big picture." > > "What they should be doing in earnest is forming opinions, not about > me but about GM and what this company is doing that is ... hugely > beneficial to the causes they so enthusiastically claim to support," > he said in a posting titled, "Talk About a Crock." > > GM, the largest U.S. automaker by sales and market share, has been > trying to change its image after taking years of heat for relying > too much on sales of large sport-utility vehicles like the Hummer > and not moving faster on fuel-saving hybrid technology. > > "My thoughts on what has or hasn't been the cause of climate change > have nothing to do with the decisions I make to advance the cause of > General Motors," he wrote. > > Lutz said GM was continuing development of the battery-powered, > plug-in Chevy Volt and other alternatives to traditional internal > combustion engines. > > GM is racing against Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote, Profile, > Research)(TM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to be first to market a > plug-in hybrid car that can be recharged at a standard electric > outlet. > > Lutz has previously said GM made a mistake by allowing Toyota to > seize "the mantle of green respectability and technology leadership" > with its market-leading Prius hybrid. > > A 40-year auto industry veteran who joined GM earlier in the decade > with a mandate to shake up its vehicle line-up, Lutz is no stranger > to controversy. > > As part of a campaign against higher fuel economy standards, Lutz > wrote in a 2006 blog posting that forcing automakers to sell smaller > cars would be "like trying to address the obesity problem in this > country by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell smaller, tighter > sizes." > > Automakers ended their opposition to higher fuel standards in 2007 > when it became clear that proposed changes would become law with or > without their support. > > In December, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a law mandating a > 40 percent increase in fleetwide fuel economy by 2020, the first > substantial change in three decades. (Reporting by Kevin Krolicki, > editing by Toni Reinhold) > > >
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