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  They will be back for more

  "Baghdad Bob" Lutz' comment is indicative that the auto companies again believe that they can walk away from a commitment after they get the money. And, he probably is correct. After all, Washington Theater makes Hollywood fairy tales seem positively Cinéma vérité.On Bob Lutz: Fuel-efficient cars, like global warming, a crock of sh*t posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 7 Responses

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  Maybe Ford Should Improve.

  Like make a car that Consumers Union likes?

  The Focus platform was supposed to compete on the global market. They seemed to succeed with the design. Unfortunately, they made crap... after promising not to do so, so many times before.

  The other thing about, but not limited to Ford, is the idea of making the cars in a cleaner way while refusing to improve the carbon footprint by design and marketing of their product. Rather, the companies have committed resources to strategies that resist such improvement.

  Goes off humming 21st Century Schizoid Man...On Ford drops hydrogen while GM remains confused about ethanol posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago 9 Responses

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  Astute Newt

  Newt is astute with his political savvy observation that "People don't elect presidents who tell them to sacrifice. They elect presidents who solve problems so they don't have to sacrifice."

  That his observation is so spot on indicates why future generation will damn us for our short-sightedness.

  Sometime in the not-so-distant future...

  "How could they just keep doing what they were doing when they had such overwhelming evidence of the consequences?"

  "They just didn't give a damn."On Gingrich shills for Republican energy policy under bizarre guise as energy guru posted 1 year ago 2 Responses

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  Another reason for resistance to decentralization

  Nuclear.

  I know, I know, y'all were 'spectin me to say kudzu.On A UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration posted 1 year, 5 months ago 13 Responses

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  Surprisingly Small Margins

  Given the American publics disaffectation with the current administration, the margins reported seem surprisingly small.

  Do the metrics indicate an essential distrust that even exceptional rhetoric by the democratic canditate will have difficulty overcoming?

  As The Naib http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2008/06/07/obama-or-mccain- ... has pondered, "Obama Or McCain: Who Cares?" On Public trusts Obama more than McCain on gas prices, global warming, energy posted 1 year, 5 months ago 4 Responses