Environmentalists rejoice!

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Bug
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/politics/21dingell.html?hp

Longtime Head of House Energy Panel Is Ousted

from article,

Besides seating a committed environmentalist as head of the energy committee, the vote also removes one of the auto industry’s best friends from a key leadership post — further evidence of how much power the American car-makers, whose executives have been pleading for federal money, have lost in Congress.

Awe, poor auto industry.

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Tova C.E
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Yeah. And poor workers loosing their jobs here in Sweden because - oh my, people aren't bying as many cars as they used to!
It's as if they've forgotten all about pollution at the first sign of an economical crisis. And never do they stop to think that there wouldn't be a crisis if people weren't pushed to buy more than they need all the time.

But now I'm going off topic a bit. Well, thoughts drift.

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Adelaide.Alexa
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Ah, that's not really true. Cheaper, gas efficient cars would make more money for the car companies. And car companies don't push people to buy anything they don't WANT. Just wait till 2011!

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The need to buy stuff is 70% made up by the people that has things to sell.
But there is always free will.

What about 2011?

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Giggan
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Lest we forget: The esuvé craze was caused by government people forcing car companies to make better gas mileage cars. The restrictions didn't apply to larger vehicles, thus, larger vehicles became cheaper, more popular.

And then there's the whole artificial boom causing people to buy shit they can't afford, like big cars, trucks, and whatever else they wanna sell us.

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Goddamn that artificial boom and it's cold-hearted hypnosis spells.

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