Ford says "screw it", we're only selling two cars by 2020 in North America. Trucks, trucks, and trucks.

DWags wrote:So, wait goose, If I'm reading your post right, you're blaming cars for people's deaths?    

hmmmm.

Let
Me
Think
About
That.

hmmmmmmmmm

People aren't killing people in cars, cars are killing people in cars.

something
something
Something
SOMETHING!

What is it this reminds me of?  

I think you're right, we need to take small cars away from people to save people's lives.  



But wait, what if we just had people keep buying more small cars?  The only way you save a life from a bad small car owner, is if you have a good small car owner.  

O.K., sorry I binned this up.  Just wanted to make a point about how I think, given a problem, engineers can solve it if you tell them it has to be solved by this date.  I just think they can do almost anything.  I've always been in awe of those fuckers.  

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

DWags wrote:My brother in law has a buddy that is an environmental lawyer. he converted his Benz into a car that runs on old cooking grease. Smells like burger king going down the road.

Is his name Ben Giovanelli or something like that?

DWags wrote:Pretty crazy.  Dropping pretty much everything.   I'd have loved to have listened in on those data meetings and theories.  They'll cut operating expenses by 25.5. billion.   Does that mean job cuts?   Taurus, Fiesta, Fusion, C-Max and Focus sedans all going buh bye.

Only Mustang and Focus crossover make the cut

Rocinante wrote:

DWags wrote:Pretty crazy.  Dropping pretty much everything.   I'd have loved to have listened in on those data meetings and theories.  They'll cut operating expenses by 25.5. billion.   Does that mean job cuts?   Taurus, Fiesta, Fusion, C-Max and Focus sedans all going buh bye.

Only Mustang and Focus crossover make the cut

Who cares? It means stock dividends, bitch!

LooseGoose wrote:

DWags wrote:I'd wager that by 2020 Trucks will be getting damn good gas miles anyway. Engineers are amazing, and Goose can complain about Obama forcing a goal on the companies, but I think the best and brightest in our country thrive on a challenge. Sure there are a ton of people pissed at a free enterprise system telling a company they have to do this or that, and I get that, but if you give smart peole a goal, They can get damn near it if not right on it if they need to. Without a goal, you take a deep breath and relax a bit.

Obama? It goes all the way back to Nixon....

Here's the thing Wags and I know I've seen studies that support this....how many lives was it worth?

The simple fact is that people in small cars die at a much higher rate. The cost for those better fleet gas mileages has been paid in the blood of Americans.

So was it worth it for loved ones to die to save a few gallons of oil?