GM Exec Stands by Calling Global Warming a "total crock of shit,"

[RedEarth]

US: February 25, 2008


DETROIT - General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a "total crock of shit," 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."

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As part of a campaign against higher fuel economy standards, Lutz wrote in a 2006 blog posting that forcing automakers to sell smaller cars would be "like trying to address the obesity problem in this country by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell smaller, tighter sizes."




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[rpannier]

1. Ironic... Since Lutz's comments are a total crock of sh*t

I'm glad he's standing behind them because it serves as a reminder of what we are dealing with

[DS1]

2. As if I needed another reason to not buy GM

[Initech]

3. Still trying to justify that $26 billion loss, eh?

:sarcasm:

[Matariki]

4. No, it's like trying to get guys with anxiety about their penis size to buy normal size vehicles

Or trying to address energy and environmental problems by getting selfish and aggressive dorks to not drive dumb ass, oversize 'trucks'.

Or trying to address GM financial problems by taking a step into the 21st century.

[Mythsaje]

5. No, sir...that would be the proper exclamation after looking at yourself in the mirror.

Global Warming (or, more literally, Climate Change) is a fucking nightmare.