Crock of SH..........T

Wagoner: Global warming not "a crock"
Posted by Rick Haglund March 12, 2008 11:47AM


Categories: industry news

Rick Wagoner
Bob Lutz

When you hire the outspoken Bob Lutz, you take the chance that he'll say something that will give you heartburn. General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner obviously knows that. But Wagoner had to engage in a bit of damage control after the blogs went wild over Lutz's recent comment that global warming is a "crock of sh--."
Wagoner, who ironically was in Washington Tuesday lobbying for government policies that promote alternative energy, such as ethanol, told reporters that Lutz's comment didn't reflect the automaker's view on climate change.
Lutz, GM's vice chairman, has said he's leading GM's charge to develop alternative-fuel vehicles because he's more worried about the United States' dependence on foreign oil than he is about global warming. Lutz also defended his comments in his GM Fastlane blog. Regardless of his views, Lutz said GM will continue work on vehicles powered by electricity, ethanol and other alternative fuels because it's the right thing to do. An excerpt:
As long as I am in this position at this company, GM will continue to take these initiatives and others that lessen, and eventually even eliminate, the environmental impact of the automobile. And that's what people ought to be focusing on.