Talk about a crock of s**t; Mr. Lutz there are children listening
This week, General Motors Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz, defended his remark dismissing global warming as a “crock of s**t.”
For a moment, the remark felt like a refreshing glimmer of honesty—a break from the company’s misleading eco-pr and green concept cars. But Lutz took it a step further by insisting that his global warming denial has no bearing on GM’s product development, which he oversees.
Honestly, if a 911 operator told you they thought your heart attack was a crock of s**t, do you think your ambulance would be coming on time?
As gas prices soar and temperatures rise, the last thing we need is a corporate leader stuck in the past; someone who lacks the humanity and the forward thinking to address the real problems associated with global warming. As product development chief of GM, does Lutz expect us to believe he is the best candidate for developing innovative solutions to a problem he doesn’t think is real?
And we wonder why America’s largest car company is unwilling to take the lead in better fuel efficiency and alternative fuel sources?
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February 26th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Right on Nell. You have an amazing way of expressing truth.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Outside the choir, global warming IS a crock of sh!t. Because many people can’t “see” pollution. It’s not immediate. And the emo answer from Berkeley stereotypes to the question of why they bought a hybrid is increasingly infuriating “I did it for the environment”. Don’t Berkeley stereotypes care about soldiers dying for oil? Or do they secretly feel soldiers deserve to die for participating in “the machine”? We should take great pains to promote outisde the choir. “the environment” happens to be a great byproduct of conserving fuel. But the primary and immediate reasons should be are money savings, soldiers per gallon, civilian lives lost and THEN “the environment”. I am ashamed to be associated with Berkeley stereotypes over this issue. They and “the environment” blatherers are giving this whole thing a bad name.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Your company is floundering as the last of the dinosaurs probably did millions of years ago when they could not adapt to a change. You have the ability but not the will to change and so like the dinosaurs will cease to exist. Stupidity and arrogance are a poor and fruitless combination,and unfortunately you have an abundance of both. The world can’t afford your type of stubborn lack of intelligence and as a result will see the demise of you and your car company. Your thinking is only grounded in very selfish and greedy desires without regard to the effects on the world’s environment and its inhabitants.