






GM CEO Dan Akerson




Source: Bloomberg

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RE: Diesel is not green
By boeush on 3/11/2013 11:43:01 AM , Rating: 3
You totally miss the point on shopping bags. The issue is not price, it's pollution. Not atmospheric pollution, but pollution in the form of plastic bags being strewn all over land and water. Plastic that is non-biodegradable, even poisonous or at least hazardous to animals when they ingest it. Plastic that clogs landfills, interfering with natural decomposition processes, leaching into groundwater, which you then drink either directly or indirectly by consuming produce grown with it. And so on.

As for 'clean' diesels, there ain't no such thing. As long as you can smell the diesel exhaust, that means you are inhaling micron-sized carcinogenic soot. And not just inhaling, but also ingesting, because that crap gets in everything. Woe be to you if you happen to live near a freeway or a busy roadway, with clouds of diesel exhaust bellowing all around you. Sure, individual cars may produce small amounts by virtue of being 'clean', but if these things become popular and wide-spread, those small amounts will tend to add together into Beijing-style toxic miasma. Especially in places where geography constrains air movement or hot summer climates promote smog formation...

RE: Diesel is not green
By Dorkyman on 3/11/2013 12:37:35 PM , Rating: 2
Hey, take care of your own neighborhood.

Where I live, there isn't a plastic bag (or any other litter, for that matter) to be seen. In fact many people pick up the stray McDonald's wrapper or straw when they go for walks. So we have no need for Benevolent Dictator telling us we cannot use plastic bags any more.

As for diesel, you need to compare it to the status quo. A diesel car will replace a gasoline car. It will get significantly better mileage. That's a plus.

I had a diesel car back in the '80s. Great car but there was some blue exhaust (no longer an issue) and the rattle of the engine at idle was irritating to some (no longer an issue). Diesels are great.

RE: Diesel is not green
By Dr of crap on 3/11/2013 12:52:48 PM , Rating: 2
Haven't been to a major "urban area" lately have you -
Dirty and full of garbage, such as plasitc bags. But then those people must not mind it either or they do something about it!

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Finally....someone who gets it.


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RE: Diesel is not green
By CZroe on 3/11/2013 3:07:04 PM , Rating: 2
No, these days as it relates to the environment, "green" refers to the greenhouse effect and global warming and not to localized litter. Regular shopping bags are perfectly recyclable, so reusable shopping bags are promoted as "green." Got it? Litter is a completely different issue.

RE: Diesel is not green
By boeush on 3/11/2013 5:17:30 PM , Rating: 2
Who died and bequeathed you the authority to redefine not just mere words, but entire conceptual frameworks? Pollution is pollution, no matter whether it takes the form of 'litter' or not. Green policies seek to minimize pollution in particular, and all negative/disruptive effects on natural ecosystems in general.

RE: Diesel is not green
By random2 on 3/11/2013 6:19:46 PM , Rating: 2
Not to mention the gear-heads who have re chipped along with other modifications and figure the amount of soot and emissions spouting from their stacks is directly proportional to the torque and HP output of their 1 tonne diesel trucks.

