Punishing GM for killing electric car

Wouldn't be that hard.

The State of California could concoct some law whose real effect would
be to punish GM for its perceived perfidy. When the Governator goes, it
will become politically feasible.

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Begone troll.

In ups.com "Bret Ludwig"
> wrote:

> Wouldn't be that hard.

But would be really stupid.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 15 Jul 2006 00:03:01 GMT, Bert Hyman > wrote:

>In ups.com "Bret Ludwig"
> wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't be that hard.
>
>But would be really stupid.


I do not blame GM because they were responding to "political" pressure
when they did it. The oil companies still do not want to see this
happen and they run the government more or less. This is why they (Big
Oil) see hydrogen cars because they can make, transport and sell that
too. (today most hydrogen fuel comes from oil processing because there
is not other easy way to do it.
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SnoMan wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2006 00:03:01 GMT, Bert Hyman > wrote:
>
> >In ups.com "Bret Ludwig"
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Wouldn't be that hard.
> >
> >But would be really stupid.
>
>
> I do not blame GM because they were responding to "political" pressure
> when they did it. The oil companies still do not want to see this
> happen and they run the government more or less. This is why they (Big
> Oil) see hydrogen cars because they can make, transport and sell that
> too. (today most hydrogen fuel comes from oil processing because there
> is not other easy way to do it.

How are the oil companies going to punish GM? They should fear the
government, even the state government, a lot more than Big Oil.
California could easily figure out some way to **** with GM's profits
or marketing in California.

On 15 Jul 2006 03:46:24 -0700, "Bret Ludwig" >
wrote:

> How are the oil companies going to punish GM? They should fear the
>government, even the state government, a lot more than Big Oil.
>California could easily figure out some way to **** with GM's profits


It is not about them (Big Oil) punishing GM. It is about trying to
punish GM for something that was being influanced on them so it is not
really their fault.
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SnoMan wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2006 03:46:24 -0700, "Bret Ludwig" >
> wrote:
>
> > How are the oil companies going to punish GM? They should fear the
> >government, even the state government, a lot more than Big Oil.
> >California could easily figure out some way to **** with GM's profits
>
>
> It is not about them (Big Oil) punishing GM. It is about trying to
> punish GM for something that was being influanced on them so it is not
> really their fault.


Nuremberg said differently.

Bert Hyman wrote:
> In ups.com "Bret Ludwig"
> > wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't be that hard.
>
> But would be really stupid.
>

No, it would be smart.

"Bret Ludwig" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> In ups.com "Bret
>> Ludwig"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Wouldn't be that hard.
>>
>> But would be really stupid.
>>
>
> No, it would be smart.
>

Smart to those with a collectivist orientation.

GM can't "kill" the electric car. Any fool who wants to attempt that
business is free to try. There are already several vendors, though
most are little more than garage customizations or fancy golf carts..

Remember back to the early 1970s when the U.S. Department of Justice
was proposing to break up GM into its constituent parts because it was
"Monopolizing the auto industry." So if GM is a monopoly, then if GM
had continued to sell its electric car at a loss, it might have been
construed as a violation of antitrust legislation, selling at a loss
to force out smaller electric car companies. GM would be tarred as
abusing its "monopoly" power, selling at a loss to run other electric
car companies out of business.

GM can't win. They're condemned when they screw up, and they're
condemned when they succeed.

RK Henry