Comments on: General Motors Blog Rebuts Critics With Humor Plus Facts

By: Blonda

Blonda — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:42:01 +0000

Haha.. GM is funny these days! I've really enjoyed reading the blog lately!
RCA Timisoara

By: sams

sams — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:39:45 +0000

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By: sams

sams — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:38:47 +0000

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By: Mick Simpson

Mick Simpson — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:56:19 +0000

Rich,

Your response is typical of someone that cannot debate the issues because of a lack of knowledge. You resort to personal attacks without addressing the core argument.

Please try making your case that using the electrical grid to charge a battery is energy efficient - aka green. I would LOVE a truly green car. I invested in fuel cell technology and fuel cell energy sources because I thought the technology was almost ready for widespread use in the auto industry and beyond. Unfortunately for my pocketbook I was wrong.

I will keep looking for the green car that makes sense, but it is not the Volt. I'll be ordering my Prius very soon.

Mick

By: Richard Joash Tan

Richard Joash Tan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:46:59 +0000

you are a bullshit because I’m sticking with the Volt, GM, the 911 991 and Porsche

By: Mick Simpson

Mick Simpson — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:00:51 +0000

Well I for one deeply resent my tax dollars being used to bail out GM, government giving the unions ownership ahead of the secured bond holders. What should have occurred is a normal bankruptcy and restructuring of GM (and Chrysler). So I do think if GM as Government Motors and I believe the outright theft of my tax dollars.
That said, let me talk about the Volt. Overall average of what, 37MPG? Why I can buy a Prius for less and get 50+ MPG. So why would I as a consumer want to buy the Volt when the Prius provides more bang for the buck and is more environmentally conscious. The plug-in feature of the Volt uses the power grid with approximately a 30% efficiency loss over the grid – the same grid that uses that dirty old coal or nuclear energy that the environmental movement hates.

So I’ll avoid Government Motors and the Volt for now.

By: Joe Wilder

Joe Wilder — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:57:18 +0000

Good for GM. A little humor goes a long way toward getting on people’s right side. Whatever their future fortunes, I’ll look forward to hearing more from them.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:32 +0000

We say "pretty straight news report" because Fox somehow managed to call the site a "soapbox" despite the fact that Bingol had pointedly stated, "It won’t be a soapbox for ranting (no matter how therapeutic a good rant can be). It’s just meant to provide our point of view, when the collective view gets a little clouded."

Interesting that you call out FNC and not GM for this. While they did say "this won't be a soapbox", they also said that the blog was meant to provide their point of view - in other words (by definition) it's a soapbox after all.

To be fair to GM, they didn't say it wasn't a soapbox period, they said it wasn't a soapbox for ranting. How true that is remains to be seen. But FNC's characterization is completely accurate.

I wouldn't worry though, you're not the first to try to cite their accuracy as evidence that they're not objective, and you won't be the last.