GM Exec Stands Behind Calling Global Warming “A Total Crock Of Shit”
DETROIT - General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a “total crock of s—,” 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 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.
(Reuters)
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February 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pmhttp://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56875
Don’t ya just love a guy that says…
I don’t believe the crap you spewing, but hey if you want me to make a car that will help assist you in your fantasy, I’ll sell it to ya.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pmHybrids are already obsolete.
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With the new 10X higher capacity batteries developed by Stanford, it will have about 2000 mi. range on one charge.
When focusfusion.org completes its development program, electricity will be about $0.001 / kwh, which will give the Tesla about a 3000 mpg equivalent, up from 135 now.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pmI think global warming is a scientific fact. The sun cycles have been producing the phenomena for all of our history, warming then cooling, warming then cooling…….. Man made global warming on the other hand is a complete crock of shit driven by chicken little manbearpig types. Bob Lutz is right.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 am