viva verde

June 4, 2008

nooooooooo! :)

Filed under: transport & travel, eco-thoughts — admin @ 12:19 am

I am still getting over the shock of GM closing 4 of their truck-making plants…the looming (and already here!) fuel crunch has resulted in a 40% drop in over the past year for GM stock.

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what is GM to do??  the shocker: get on the bandwagon and start making fuel-efficient/hybrid vehicles! and according to someone who who manages more than $700 million in assets, “they’re launching more hybrids this year than any other company”. this is probably going to happen in 2 years (when there are plenty of other makers doing the same thing-go innovation GM!)
so am i happy?? YES!  all together now:

oil is a finite energy source and we will try to behave like it is!

i just can’t wrap my mind around how behind GM is, and to be honest, i am embarrassed.  maybe it’s me-I’m no corporate exec/automotive expert/market annalist, but it doesn’t take 2 seconds to realize that oil is not going to last.  It makes me mad that these “experts” at GM have jeopardized hundreds if not thousands of employees b/c they wanted to make a fast buck.  funny, in this article, i also read:

  “Our goal is not just to return GM to profitability, but to structure GM globally for sustained profitability and growth[…]”

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what ever happened to just being SUSTAINABLE??? if they just did that, they could be like Toyota, Honda, or some others who have been thinking/doing this for, well more than just the past year.

spend your $$ wisely people.

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