A Kid from Car Country
Once this grim place was the most alluring in America. The engine of the world was built here in Michigan. And it is hard to believe we are simply going to let it run out of gas.
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We wanted to make a song describing the inseparability of our inflated notion of American glory associated with our automotive industry in the very style of the 70's power-pop songs that helped create the notion itself.
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I was recently asked to participate on a forum with the LA Business Journal whereby six CEO's weigh in with their opinions of the Government Bail Out of the Automotive Companies.
Recharge America with Electric Cars
Yesterday, joined by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, I announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S."
What to Do With Detroit?
"Governments around the world have always been proactive in growing and nurturing industries like the auto industry. In North America for the last couple of decades, we haven't done that."
Do It For Me, Matchbox Man
From the fireworks in DC this week, you might think the auto crisis is out of your hands, but we're all complicit: government, CEOs, autoworkers, the public.
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We have been rudderless for some time, and it shows. The call to public service is now more urgent than at any time in our nation's history.
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As people discover the many advantages of electric vehicles, their momentum will build. Not only are these cars green and responsible, they also enhance National Security.
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All the Shock Doctrine fanatics cheering to drive the the Big 3 into bankruptcy "restructuring," like Mitt Romney, might want to think about the implications of this.
How To Save A Major Automobile Company
The Big 3 are looking for a bailout. They should only get it if they agree to stop building autos that contribute to global warming now.
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If we allow the unionized American automobile industry to collapse, we will accelerate the reduction of middle class incomes for everyone. That collapse would start a tidal wave of lower wages.
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We're seeing an amazing act of willful ignorance here. The predicament that Detroit has found itself in is an American business tragedy. Let's not make it worse by lying to ourselves.
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drill, baby, drill.
should be.
innovate, baby, innovate.
The governments of the world all have to apply the pressure on human beings to make better vehicles with better energy. Barack Obama should not be the only one to take responsibility for our bruised planet going forward: Obama's Green is the New Black - http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/ricketts-obamas-green-is-the-new-black/
Is it just me or is everybody wanting a bailout these days. I mean, China's auto-industry was doing the same thing with its own government, and we all know what's happening here in the U.S.
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