(Some may be surprised that I have chosen to frontpage this. I am happily in most accomodating joy to be of explain.

There is a perception that only the Best of the Best get paid to blog. There are more paid bloggers out there than people realize, and, as we see from this, most of them are two-bit whores.

I suspect that we got hit with this because this blog has “Green” in its name. With Caoimhin’s annotations, this piece of crap spam becomes an excellent post.

I just hope these people see this. And, by the way, these people, like all spammers of GMD, have been banned. – promoted by kestrel9000)

[UPDATED – This piece of spam by new user auto.alliance left out a few details.  Included, in bold, are links and additional information  –cl]

The auto industry is undergoing a major transition.  How can we set a course for its healthy development?



NOTE: Watch closely (no don’t watch this at all, it’s crap) but if you must, just think about the used car you’d be willing to buy from THIS guy!

The auto industry is undergoing a major transition.  How can we set a course for its healthy development?

GMD SUGGESTION:  Manufacture hybrids, use alternative fuel sources, stop using bailout money to lobby and sue against environmental standards: that’s a start.

Automakers, by their nature, must make plans many years in advance.   Right now, we have people designing products for 2015.  That means that, if environmental standards are to be effective, it is crucial that we have very good collaboration between government and the auto industry.  It requires smart regulatory practices, achievable goals, and a national roadmap we can depend upon. “Collaboration” i.e. we’ll tell the government what not to regulate and hope they don’t.

We are in this thing together.   It is time to collaborate.

Take emissions standards, for example. . . we fully expect a decade of rising standards, year by year, starting with the standards for 2011 to be announced in the near future. [WE’RE WAITING!]

We intend to accomplish those standards.  In order to do that, we’ve urged the federal government to set emissions standards for multiple years into the future, to give us a predictable set of regulations to plan and design for.  In recent years, California and other states have played an important role in setting emissions standards when there was no federal action on the issue. So, did you get that last part about California and other states and their important role?

HELLO! California played such an important role that you folks spent millions of dollars suing California and millions more in federal government resources under the Bush administration fighting California EVERY.STEP.OF.THE.WAY.

So what does the Union of Concerned Scientists have to say about “The Auto Alliance” during one of its recent disinformation campaigns in California?

   * GM, Chrysler and The Auto Alliance create websites to sway consumers to contact Congress

   * Automakers create radio and print ads in an attempt to stall fuel economy regulations

“This is another dishonest campaign from an auto industry willing to deceive lawmakers and the public on legislation that could save people money and clean up the environment. Just two weeks ago, the auto companies’ lobby group aired misleading radio ads about federal fuel economy legislation. Just last week, the alliance came to California to speak out against the Pavley clean car law. Now they’re lying about the Clean Car Discount bill. The automakers have fallen into a sad pattern of using lawyers and slick public relations tactics to fight good laws instead of using their engineers to build cleaner cars.

“Contrary to what the automakers say, the Clean Car Discount bill (AB 493) preserves consumer choice. . . .

“While the auto industry ad implies that there’d be a huge surcharge on a lot of vehicles, only the most highly polluting models, such as the Ford Excursion and Hummer H2 would incur the maximum surcharge of $2,500. The bill also waives surcharges for many small businesses, emergency responders, and low-income drivers.

“This is a bill that can make cleaner cars more affordable for everybody. California has been leading the way on smart environmental legislation and it’s a shame that automakers are trying to drag us backwards. People want cleaner cars, not dirty tricks.”

That’s the Auto Alliance.  Thanks for stopping by to visit GMD, ASStroTurfers!

But today, the federal government is acting.  Additional uncertainty can only undermine that progress.  A single, national standard administered by the federal government is a reliable roadmap and we can move forward rapidly.

We also need to know that the infrastructure will be in place to support the advanced technologies we’re developing.  You can’t have a fleet of plug-in hybrids and electric cars without a place to plug them in, or without sufficient energy to power them all.

In other words, let’s use that bailout money and lobby against states applying their own environmental standards, which is the right of any state to do.

Patchwork fixes and band-aids are not a good solution to our common problems.  Our environmental and economic problems involve our whole country.  So do the solutions.  An integrated national plan provides a stable foundation for progress.



And if we don’t get our way, we’ll keep on suing and building guzzlers. When we fail, again, we’ll do what we always do, blame our failures on our workers who have spent three decades making wage concessions and suffering through layoffs all because of Detroit management’s decisions to manufacture shitty cars that drive consumers to foreign models and have turned the world market against U.S. made cars.  

We’re committed to reinventing the automobile.  We will provide you with an even wider range of efficient automobiles.  And if we can depend on a smart and stable set of regulations, the auto industry will be the driver behind a new low-carbon economy.



It’s been almost four decades since the first oil shock, we’re waiting!

Automakers, by their nature, must make plans many years in advance. [EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN’T PLAN BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE AND GLOBAL COMPETITION FACTS THAT THEY KNOW TODAY] Right now, we have people designing products for 2015.  That means that, if environmental standards are to be effective, it is crucial that we have very good collaboration between government and the auto industry.  It requires smart regulatory practices, achievable goals, and a national roadmap we can depend upon.

We are in this thing together.   It is time to collaborate.

I think I’m getting car sick reading this. The rest of this post is just more propaganda. Might as well stop reading now. It’s all bullshit with howlers sprinkled into it like kernels of corn.

Take emissions standards, for example.  We understand the direction of the carbon economy.  We embraced 40% higher federal fuel standards in the 2007 energy bill, and we fully expect a decade of rising standards, year by year, starting with the standards for 2011 to be announced in the near future.

We intend to accomplish those standards.  In order to do that, we’ve urged the federal government to set emissions standards for multiple years into the future, to give us a predictable set of regulations to plan and design for.  In recent years, California and other states have played an important role in setting emissions standards when there was no federal action on the issue.  But today, the federal government is acting.  Additional uncertainty can only undermine that progress.  A single, national standard administered by the federal government is a reliable roadmap and we can move forward rapidly.

We also need to know that the infrastructure will be in place to support the advanced technologies we’re developing.  You can’t have a fleet of plug-in hybrids and electric cars without a place to plug them in, or without sufficient energy to power them all.

Patchwork fixes and band-aids are not a good solution to our common problems.  Our environmental and economic problems involve our whole country.  So do the solutions.  An integrated national plan provides a stable foundation for progress.

We’re committed to reinventing the automobile.  We will provide you with an even wider range of efficient automobiles.  And if we can depend on a smart and stable set of regulations, the auto industry will be the driver behind a new low-carbon economy.

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