Its only extremely expensive because the domestic car companies like Ford, Chrysler, and GM lobby the government (costing them millions in legal fees) so that it lessens fuel efficiency standards, instead of simply designing a better car. If they had simply gone straight to the design process instead of trying to get the Executive branch to lessen the regulations, the car would be cheaper, and the company wouldn't be losing so much money. By trying to delay what they see as something that will "hurt their profits" they're hurting their profits even more. Its a retarded business practice, and part of the reason why the "Big Three" domestic car companies are floundering
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As for Texas oilfields, true, but then again, the majority of the oil fields throughout the country are still intact (there are oil refineries all over the U.S.) but the Gulf still puts out a lot, and 95% production was halted, meaning we're losing about 1.53 (looked it up) million barrels of oil per day. With oil already pushing $65-$70 a barrel, it hurts, if anything, it doesn't help at all.
As for the Alaskan pipeline, the pipeline has nothing to do with caribou, the new drilling fields in the ANWR do.
The Big Three, eh, a better way to explain what I was trying to say was, they argue that fuel efficiency and pushing for smaller cars hurts their current leading markets and could cause their business to fracture, which in reality it won't. In my opinion their just shortsighted and want to try and stick with whatever is selling highest at the moment. Heh, too bad no one can sell their SUVs now, 'cause now everyone's realizing "Oh wait, those things have horrible gas mileage"
The Big Three's main product that they produce better than any other car company is, in fact, the SUV. To steer away from that is to deviate from something that they've been known for for decades. Of course they're reluctant to change. However, similiar to the airline industries, innovation is absolutely necessary to keep them as viable contenders in the industry. Ford seems to be the only company that's innovating, and their profits are the lowest in the red. But if you were to look at the foreign cars with their state-of-the-art technology, it's easy to see why the United States has such a huge current-account deficit
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having family that work for GM and have for 2 generations, i have come to know that the reason why GM (can't vouch for Ford or Chrysler) lobbies for more lax energy requirements is because of the ouside competiton with foreign sweatshop-made automobiles
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Ok your bias towards GM was so incredibly obvious in that comment that I don't even think I have to respond to it. And you made a lot my own arguments for me anyway.
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Along with the Alaskan pipeline, which they haven't opened (but should.....fuck caribou).
Oh, and the Big Three aren't concerned with profit maximization, they're concerned with revenue maximization
Other than that, I can see you point
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As for the Alaskan pipeline, the pipeline has nothing to do with caribou, the new drilling fields in the ANWR do.
The Big Three, eh, a better way to explain what I was trying to say was, they argue that fuel efficiency and pushing for smaller cars hurts their current leading markets and could cause their business to fracture, which in reality it won't. In my opinion their just shortsighted and want to try and stick with whatever is selling highest at the moment. Heh, too bad no one can sell their SUVs now, 'cause now everyone's realizing "Oh wait, those things have horrible gas mileage"
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People are sheep.
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