"The lesson for Bill -- or rather, for the Ford board of directors -- is: lower our profile on environmental issues. Don't draw the attention of the greens."

Nope.  The lesson is get with it, start mass producing plugin hybrids.

Until they do, these (monoply)corporations will continue to feel the heat from the environmental movement.

Lipservice does not get the job done.  These folks using their connections within government have been stalling renewable energy transportation for decades.