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Insider info from someone who joined the board today. <_<

EDIT: Damn, already posted... I just can't read http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...japan_toyota_18

If this is all about "job security" and taking "pride in your work" as some of you keep saying then shouldn't these workers only be buying the model of vehicle made in the factory they work at on their assembly line? For example, if you work at a plant producing Colorados but decide to buy an Impala you still aren't "taking pride in your work" and you aren't necessarily increasing your job security because GM could still shut down your plant due to low Colorado sales.

Nope, FWD. I've got one :)

I'd love to drive a more efficient car but if someone is going to spend thousands of dollars on a car it's hard to say that they should have to "settle" for an eco-friendly car instead of one they really want. What the car companies need to do is start making cars lighter. That way they're faster AND more efficient. Everyone wins.

It's not complete BS. All of the CURRENT oil fields will be dried up in less than 50 years at our current rate of consumption. We are however, always finding new sources of oil. Still, we could start to see worldwide oil shortages within our lifetime (or mine anyway, don't know how old everybody is).

Global warming doesn't really work like that. Average world temp has only risen about a degree in the last century so your hot summers are more likely the result of annual or regional temperature fluxes. Also, it is definately not too late to stop. It's going to take a hell of a lot more warming before the whole of Antarctica melts.

It's also scientifically proven that CO2 is a greenhouse gas and that mankind has caused CO2 levels in the atmosphere to rise drastically since we started burning large amounts of fossil fuels in the Industrial Revolution. CO2 levels are rising far faster than they ever have naturally. Remember, there's only a 7 degree average temperature difference between current world temperatures and temps in the Ice Ages. If world temperature swings 7 degrees the other we could see some crazy weather.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31102720.htm There you go.

Worse than the tsunami in December? That's absolutely ridiculous. Over 200,000 people died in the Sumatran earthquake and ensuing tsunami and those who survived didn't get anywhere near the kind of relief that victims of Katrina will. The US has a well organized response to deal with this. FEMA, National Guard, Red Cross, they're all out in force. There was a week's worth of warning for this disaster and now the US, the most properous country in the world, is dealing with it. We haven't even ASKED for any foreign aid and you're bitching about how we're getting none?