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This Would Be Funny If It Were Not So Scary |
2009-06-17 |
ht - - free republic (From a senior level Chrysler person) Monday morning I attended a breakfast meeting where the speaker/guest was David E. Cole, Chairman Center for Automotive Research (CAR and Professor at the Univ. of Michigan. You have all likely heard CAR quoted, or referred to in the auto industry news lately. Mr. Cole, who is an engineer by training, told many stories of the difficulty of working with the folks that the Obama administration has sent to save the auto industry. There have been many meetings where a 30+ year experience automotive expert has to listen to a newcomer to the industry, someone with zero manufacturing experience, zero auto industry experience, zero business experience, zero finance experience, and zero engineering experience, tell them how to run their business. Mr Cole's favorite story is as follows: There was a team of Obama people speaking to Mr. Cole (Engineer, automotive experience 40+ years, Chairman of CAR). They were explaining to Mr. Cole that the auto companies needed to make a car that was electric and liquid natural gas (LNG) with enough combined fuel to go 500 miles so we wouldn't "need" so many gas stations (A whole other topic). They were quoting BTU's of LNG and battery life that they had looked up on some website.My guess would be that this can be filed under apocrypha -- though I've no doubt there are enough blockheads among B.O.'s Best and Britest to make it not beyond the realm of possibility. |
Posted by:Everday a Wildcat(KSU) |
#2 ION RENSE > MANHATTAN FLOODS, CHICAGO HEATWAVES, AND WITHERING CALIFORNIA VINES: HOW SCIENTISTS SEE THE USA IN 75 YEARS!? * PRAVDA > seems the World's "OIL AGE" will end in 42 = 50 Years??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-17 18:56 |
#1 This showed up on Snopes.com a few days ago. They said it was false. Of course, snopes is apparently a fairly leftwing group, so who knows for sure. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-06-17 17:45 |