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Three Immediate Ways to End Global Warming
Written By: Jack Hudson
2008-04-01 11:42:40
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Welcome to April.

On Sunday night, 3/30, Al Gore announced his new $300 million public service ad campaign on "60 Minutes." The hopefulness of the moment was undercut by the Toyota (TM - $102.90) dealer ad that preceded the segment.

The Toyota spot featured good deals on the Sequoia and the FJ Cruiser. The existence of the FJ Cruiser, in particular, can tell you more about the entire global warming conundrum than Al Gore can, because what's interesting about the FJ -- a toy S.U.V. gas guzzler that gets 16-18 mpg -- is that it was designed by Toyota years after the Prius.

The Toyota spot, the types of vehicles on sale, and Gore's new strategy, all combine to underline a theme: not much is happening, not much progress is made.

This is like a dream where your feet are stuck in mud.


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Toyota: Paving the Way
Written By: Mark Bershatsky
2007-04-09 12:01:06
With an ingenious development and launching of the hybrid vehicle at the turn of the century, Toyota Motor Corp (TM) has taken over Ford Motor Company (F) as the world's #2 automaker and has its sight set on unseating General Motors (GM) as the largest. And it's not a question of if, but when. Net losses for Detroit's Big 3 automakers total into the tens of billions since 2005 and will likely continue for quite a while longer as massive layoffs and restructuring plans are being carried out. After a previous failed buyout attempt of Chrysler Corp in the mid-90's, billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has resurfaced again and last week offered $4.5 billion in cash for the troubled Chrysler division of DaimlerChrysler (DCX). To get a sense on how far things have tumbled so fast, this amount is only a fraction of the $36 billion that DaimlerBenz paid for Chrysler Corp not even ten years ago.
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