GM exec stands by calling global warming a 'crock'

[gLing]

(Editor's Note: This story contains language in paragraph 1 that may be offensive to some readers)

DETROIT, Feb 22 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp <GM.N> 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."

GM, the largest U.S. automaker by sales and market share, has been trying to change its image after taking years of heat for relying too much on sales of large sport-utility vehicles like the Hummer and not moving faster on fuel-saving hybrid technology.

Reuters AlertNet - GM exec stands by calling global warming a 'crock'

:clap

 

[Sparkey Duck]

lol. Well, it's good to see someone standing up for what they believe, whether right or wrong

 

[gLing]

lol. Well, it's good to see someone standing up for what they believe, whether right or wrong

You won't like his new truck fueled by ducks. :unsure:

 

[Sparkey Duck]

You won't like his new truck fueled by ducks. :unsure:

OH LORD. No that's not good at all....

 

[Elle]

SAY IT THREE TIMES FAST!!

Virtual Vitriol
Virtual Vitriol
Virtual Vitriol

 

[Tim]

I think he's wrong....

Not for calling global warming a crock, but for disenfranchising a large segment of his customer base. It just doesn't make good business sense.
It's never good in business to piss off your customers, no matter what the topic is.
If a large enough percentage of GM buyers believe in global warming and want more fuel efficient cars, then it's his job to get them to market. Not to piss that market off and drive them to their competition.

 

[All Else Failed]

Of course he would say that. Look at where he works.

The evidence for global warming is extensive, and if you deny it's existance you're being intellectually dishonest with yourself.

 

[Cotton]

Man made global warming is in fact a "crock."

 

[All Else Failed]

Humans didn't cause global warming and no professional thinks that either. We're certainly contributing to it, though.

 

[Cotton]

On a much less scale then some fanatics would have you think.

 

[All Else Failed]

That is totally debatable.

 

[Cotton]

Cows farting and volcanos cause more global warming then humans.

 

[All Else Failed]

Again, debatable.