p1: the first problem is that the California Clean Air Initiatives were shot down when GM decided that it wanted to prevent itself from taking advantage of it's lead in the ZEV that it had with the electric cars that it was making. SO they brokered a deal with the California Clean Air Board to stop it from offering GM an unbridled head start.
p2: the Hybrid Car was the Also Ran in the process.
But since you are trying to argue about a process, rather than a type of car, there are some deeper issues that will need to be addressed. This may be a great time to read Kevin Phillip's Bad Money (http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780670019076) as the "Peak Oil" meets the "global warming" trend is only a part of the problem that americans face, given the unwrapping of the FINANCIALIZATION of the american economy.
Unless americans want to back the 'winning side' in the 'resource wars' they may not be in a position to have the money to buy foreign made products that will no longer be shipped to the americans until they have a convertable currency accepted in the rest of the world.
So if Process is the Concern, maybe it is time to step back and really address the core process issues.
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Date: 2008-05-13 11:57 pm (UTC)p2: the Hybrid Car was the Also Ran in the process.
But since you are trying to argue about a process, rather than a type of car, there are some deeper issues that will need to be addressed. This may be a great time to read Kevin Phillip's Bad Money (http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780670019076) as the "Peak Oil" meets the "global warming" trend is only a part of the problem that americans face, given the unwrapping of the FINANCIALIZATION of the american economy.
Unless americans want to back the 'winning side' in the 'resource wars' they may not be in a position to have the money to buy foreign made products that will no longer be shipped to the americans until they have a convertable currency accepted in the rest of the world.
So if Process is the Concern, maybe it is time to step back and really address the core process issues.