Detroit's problems were also caused by government laws that allowed various bloated land-barge passenger vehicles to be legally classified as light trucks, thus bypassing some expensive safety and fuel economy standards.
But since I assume the auto makers probably paid for those legal exception I guess they got what they asked for.
- Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:Perhaps, but the broadcasters show even less competence than Detroit when it comes to giving consumers what they want.Detroit was giving them all the obese, blunt, inefficient, SUV behemoths they were clamoring for, Craig. Their mypia, IMO, was in not proceeding post haste with fuel efficient vehicle design, knowing full well that gasoline prices over the long haul would only keep going up. As far as I'm concerned, Detroit's problems are caused primarily by the buying public. Secondarily by management that couldn't see the future past its collective nose.Sorry Bert, but there is little risk that Free OTA TV will make a comeback.We shall see. Bert----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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