Cadillac CEO to Show Off Ethanol-Electric Chopper
Not content with leading a company that makes gas-guzzling monster cars and SUVs during an oil crisis, Cadillac boss Jim Taylor plans to show off a chopper at the Detroit Auto Show this year that runs on ethanol -- a HOG THAT RUNS ON FOOD-BASED FUEL during a global food crisis! The motorcycle is being built by Great American Chopper of Clawson, Michigan, for Taylor. It's a hybrid chopper that also runs on electricity. Alright. I'll admit it. I want one.
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i'd call it a global leadership crisis, not a food crisis. Somolia & Haiti aren't exactly known for their amber waves of grain. They are, however, known for 3rd and 4th world living conditions brought on by poor leadership.
i just can't see a 300 lb biker tearing out of the parking lot to the high pitched whine of an electric bike.
Good observation on the hypocrisy of corporate America.
[Soapbox] American voters and taxpaers need to let their representatives know that *reducing* the use of corn for fuel ethanol production is a MORAL IMPERATIVE. We must do this to save our souls. We have set up a situation where rich Americans vote with their dollars to continue driving and at the same time condemn others to starve. Congress and the Bush Administration's ethanol goals have literally put us in the position that when we fill our gas tanks, we are taking food from babies in Africa and elsewhere around the world. It must stop.
"...when we fill our gas tanks, we are taking food from babies in Africa and elsewhere around the world."
Doesn't that violate tree hugger dogma? Or did I miss an environmental ecumenically council meeting again?
If it ran on bacon, America would stand up and put a stop to that. That's for sure.
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