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December 08, 2004
Even Bill Ford Jr.
admits that car exhaust contributes to global warming,
and that SUVs have had, at times, a dangerous past.
In just 50 years, Southern California has become a city
highlighted by its notorious smog - something that kills
people, and shortens the lifespan of millions of others.
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This wasn't some natural
phenomenon, this was man-made.
According to the Pentagon, global warming is one of the
greatest threats to American security.
So what are American auto corporations doing about it?
What are American corporations, who stand by "Buy
American", really doing to help Americans?
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Is building bigger SUVs
what America stands for?
O.K., let's forget about the environment. Big
gas-guzzlers can only make sense if gas is cheap.
Has enforcing cheap, foreign-derived oil cost America?
While, cheap gas has allowed Americans to drive huge,
waste-of-everything vehicles, it has also required
immense military action in the Middle East, seeded
terrorism and anti-Americanism, led to two wars in Iraq,
and helped bring about 911.
So now what is the auto industry, particularly, the
American auto industry, doing about it?
Ford is releasing 20,000 Ford
Escape hybrids. Sure, that isn't even a percent of
their sales, but what a nice gesture.
Of course the Escape hybrid couldn't have been produced
if Ford didn't lease its hybrid technology from Toyota.
See, Toyota perfected the hybrid powertrain with the Toyota
Prius.
If not for the Prius, America would be decades away from
the Escape hybrid.
Now, Honda is releasing the Accord
hybrid, it's third hybrid
model, and Toyota will be releasing several more models
in 2005.
Ironically, only Japanese companies have addressed these
issues, issues that should be a national priority to all
Americans and American corporations.
They say, in many parts of America, cars are an
extension of peoples' personalities. Imagine what that
says about many Americans.
F_ _ _ the environment. F _ _ _ the Middle East and all
Muslims, in fact, F _ _ _ everybody else in the world. I
don't care about the future. It's not my responsibility.
My kids can clean up my mess, and if you don't like it,
I'll just run you over.
While SUVs are not evil, they are completely unnecessary in the driving conditions of most
Americans, and they promote irresponsibility.
If something is unnecessary, and
destructive, wouldn't the intelligent and the simple
thing be to get rid of it?
Americans have been duped to believe that SUVs stand for
American freedom of choice.
In reality; however, SUVs stand for anything but
freedom.
American auto corporations have had plenty of time to
clean up their dirty act.
Now it is up to the people to represent. Do we stand for
arrogant irresponsibility, or do we stand for Freedom?.
Hybrid
cars and other fuel efficient vehicles and
technologies represent not only freedom, but the future.
Anything less is unacceptable.
Join
the revolution.
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