General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a โtotal crock of shit,โ saying his views had no bearing on GM‘s commitment to build environmentally friendlyย vehicles.
On GM‘s Fast Lane Blog , Lutzย writes:
Never mind what I said, or the context in which I said it. My thoughts on what has or hasnโt been the cause of climate change have nothing to do with the decisions I make to advance the cause of General Motors.โ
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