Following the strategies of Detroit’s Big 3
For decades, the US automotive industry fought pressure to develop and research more energy efficient cars. The big 3 cried that it would be too expensive destroying their bottom line. They spent millions on PR and lobbyists to persuade Congress no to adopt more stringent laws compelling manufacture of cars with higher MPG. Well we knw what happened to the Big 3.
Today, Republicans in Congress are resisting any laws, tax breaks, or financial incentives that would help springboard the renewable energy industry. Their main argument is that it would cost companies and the country too much money. Clearly the Republican party has not learned anything from decades helping the automotive industry fight manufacturing cars with greater fuel efficiency.
Will this country need to run out of gas or become too expensive for anyone to afford it before they wake up?
And this country wants them back in power. Though the power of “no” seems as powerful as wielding it themselves. Who was it that Bush referred to as the Axis of Evil?