Junkman Milloy spins himself into corporate caveman

Mon, 2006-09-11 20:35Sarah Pullman
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Junkman Milloy spins himself into corporate caveman

Milloy, it may be recalled, is a so-called "adjunct scholar" at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a pressure-group advocate for out-of-control petroleum consumption funded by industry. In Ford's case, Milloy shredded him for declaring the company's most profitable vehicle -- SUVs -- degraded the environment. Predictably, he also took issue with Ford's call for higher gas taxes to reduce fuel consumption.

Browne's sins were advocating for global-warming regulation (unpardonable in Milloy's view), and perspicaciously branding gasoline in television commercials as "a necessary evil." Said Milloy: "Gasoline is a miracle product upon which our civilization depends." Immelt was criticized because "he apparently sees being green as GE's path forward."


Poor Milloy. Well, he's certainly not "poor" by a long shot, but he is pathetic in his inability or unwillingness to comprehend the science of climate change. But hey, Milloy isn't paid to confuse the climate-change issue with the facts.


I'm sure it's entirely unrelated that the ad accompanying Steve Milloy's column is from Citgo, "one of the worlds strongest (??), most reliable suppliers of fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, asphalt and specialty products." Total coincidence.