Screw you Bob Lutz!

I might make the "screw you" posts a regular series. Last night I happened to see GM Vice Chairman Bot Lutz on the Colbert Report to talk about the Chevy Volt. He said he believes global warming is caused by sunspots, not CO2, as the scientific community overwhelmingly believes. In other words, he's a zealot that shouldn't be taken seriously. After the interview I got the feeling that most of the American auto industry executives need to admit that their business model failed spectacularly and resign to make room for new people who can adapt to the times.

Stephen Colbert jokingly asked Lutz if the Volt will get a guy laid. Lutz said you might attract certain types of women who are environmental activists and don't wear makeup. Nice.

You know what Bob? I like dating environmental activist women. I appreciate a women who's informed and cares enough to do something. I'm more attracted to a woman who isn't easily fooled by a talk radio host or oil industry lobbyist who tells creative stories about man-made CO2 not contributing to global warming. One day I'll drive a Tesla roadster to Green Fest and take an electric car load of tree-hugging hotties for a spin (at least in my dreams).

Incidentally, did you know that Scarlett Johansson's latest act of environmental activism is to participate in a campaign to promote recycling cell phones? Answer The Call will give you a postage paid form to mail your cell phone for safe recycling to keep toxins out of landfills.


(Tree-hugging activist Scarlett Johansson probably thinks electric cars are sexy)

The interview reminded me of the smarmy SUV commercial where a kid doesn't want his dad to drive him to practice in "that part of town" with "those people" over there who look down on people that don't drive hybrids. Give me a break. What marketing genius decided that the way to sell a hybrid is to insult your environmentally conscious customer base?

I want to like what GM is doing with the Volt but Lutz, along with their lobbying against Pavley emissions standards, is making it very hard.

Here's the interview: