this has the odor of fresh manure

Shifting Gears, GM Now Sees Green
Push for Fuel-Saving Technology Includes Building the Volt, an Electric Car
By NEAL E. BOUDETTE
Five years ago, General Motors Corp. gave the world the Hummer H2, a vehicle so fuel-thirsty that GM took advantage of a federal loophole that allowed the company not to publish its estimated mileage. Today, the No. 1 U.S. auto maker by sales, usually the most conservative of Detroit's Big Three, has assigned hundreds of engineers and millions of dollars to an effort to become the greenest company in the auto industry. Engineering teams at GM's technical center in Warren, Mich., are scrambling to turn a recently unveiled electric concept car into a production vehicle within three to four years. This month, GM kicked off a drive to hire 400 technical experts to work on fuel-saving technology and other innovations, and became the first auto maker to sign up for a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, which are blamed for global warming.

Let’s see GM had an electric car – the EV-1 – with a vocal active following. And guess what, GM chose to destroy all these EV-1

Who stole the electric car – guess who – General Motors. Now GM would have you believe they have had a change of heart and see the need for an electric car. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but something doesn’t pass the “smell” test.

Could it be this “electric car” is but yet another tax gimmick purposefully designed by and executed by your elected representatives in Washington DC to support their “corporate” masters by underwriting yet another massive tax give-away at your expense…? This time it’s called “cap-and-trade” system for carbon emissions which is nothing more than “smoke and mirrors.”

This has the odor of fresh manure.