Peter Morici: Why The Big Three Left Washington Empty Handed

[kach22i]

Peter Morici: Why The Big Three Left Washington Empty Handed
http://enterpriseforum.com//Article.asp?id=306707
The leaders of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler recently had their long awaited summit with President Bush..........................

He makes some good points.

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So does autoextremist.com

They said it would be a waste of time weeks before it happened.

[nthfinity]

. In contrast, hybrid vehicles save considerable oil directly, but Toyota and Honda have the jump on domestic automakers in perfecting and marketing this technology.

or, by some way we tap into our own abundant natural resources to directly and immediately reduce foriegn dependance on crude... wow, theres a thought, its so profound!

Gulf coast, south west coast, Anwar, Oil Sands (yeh, canada is foriegn, but not as foriegn . if people want lower fuel prices, simply increase supply on a wide margin.

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Originally Posted by nthfinity . In contrast, hybrid vehicles save considerable oil directly, but Toyota and Honda have the jump on domestic automakers in perfecting and marketing this technology. or, by some way we tap into our own abundant natural resources to directly and immediately reduce foriegn dependance on crude... wow, theres a thought, its so profound! Gulf coast, south west coast, Anwar, Oil Sands (yeh, canada is foriegn, but not as foriegn . if people want lower fuel prices, simply increase supply on a wide margin.

Or biodeisel. I dont' know how it is in other states, bu it's all over here. It's even believed that an aide's lack of knowledge on E85 caused Hatch to lose the governer election. It's big stuff round my parts.

[nthfinity]

biodiesle in Michigan... hell, 0nly about .001% of cars in Michigan are even Diesle; while there is prolly 40% or so Trucks, with at least a third of those being diesle...

no, we have ZERO biodiesle here in terms of filling stations.

E85... dont even get me started on that

oh... and GM's hybrid tech is going to make prius look like a Windows 95 machine w/out any updates, and trying to play C+C red alert multi player LOL

and that isn't the answer either... every time i see one, i drop a gear, and burn gas that they arent

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by nthfinity biodiesle in Michigan... hell, 0nly about .001% of cars in Michigan are even Diesle; while there is prolly 40% or so Trucks, with at least a third of those being diesle... no, we have ZERO biodiesle here in terms of filling stations. E85... dont even get me started on that oh... and GM's hybrid tech is going to make prius look like a Windows 95 machine w/out any updates, and trying to play C+C red alert multi player LOL and that isn't the answer either... every time i see one, i drop a gear, and burn gas that they arent

FYI: Ann Arbor city buses run on low sulfer bio-diesel.

My first new car was a 1985 VW Golf Diesel, about 45 mpg but Diesel at the time was much more than no lead gas. I never did save a lot of money unless I was on a long trip.

GM did more to kill the Diesel car in the USA than anything I can imagine. They put to market something terrible that people never forgot. Thanks GM, you dumb clucks.