With the current talks going on between the U.S. government and the "big 3" auto makers in that country (GM, Chrysler, Ford), on the topic of the former bailing out the latter, is it too much to hope that something truly positive will come of it? If there was ever a time for the American auto industry to be forced, kicking and screaming, into entering the 21st century, this may be it.
Whether it be improved fuel efficiency in general, or accelerated movement in the production of automobiles that run on cleaner fuels, anything that the government can get out of this, to undo the harm done by auto industry lobbyists over the past several decades, could potentially make this an eventual "good news story." I just hope somebody in Washington has that on their agenda, and can make it happen!
At the same time, I can't help but feel the urge to offer up a good, heartfelt Nelson Muntz "HA ha!" in the general direction of those companies. They, and their cronies, have done more to delay the cause of environmentalism than just about anyone else, and all of this furor right now seems like a pretty fair comeuppance to me.
[Update: Minutes after I posted the preceding, I saw this Campbell Brown commentary on CNN.com, which sums it up very well!]
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