from the article in the original post:

"Of course, I am concerned about all the jobs lost, if the Big Three go under. However, let's keep in mind that Obama's energy plan promises "5 Million new Green Jobs... that cannot be outsourced." And the plan includes putting "1 million Plug-In Hybrid/flexible fuel vehicles, which can get up to 150 miles per gallon of gas -- on the road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America." So far, that's something I can stand behind that is definitely a better alternative to what we've got now. That is something really exciting to look forward to."

solargreenenergy.blogspot.com

I thought it was very interesting ...

one of my tribe friends posted these links in her blog:

Why Bail Out the Car Companies When They Bailed Out on Us?
By Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. Posted November 12, 2008.
www.alternet.org/environme...out_on_us/

a petition to "make sure that any bailout is contingent on the auto companies retooling to make the clean cars we want and need."
action.pluginamerica.org/t/596...ublic/

I want to make a distinction between electric cars and hybrids or essentially self sustaining electric cars (hybrids) and plug-in electrics. There is a HUGE problem with plug-in electric cars in that while they may reduce local pollution, the amount of electricity used to charge them simply off-shores the same if not more pollution than would be caused by a gas equivalent. Hybrids are beautiful inventions in that they DON'
T need to be plugged in and therefore DON'T off-shore the pollution caused by re-charging the vehicle. It seems the more and more I talk to people though the more and more they think pure electrics are the answer and they aren't. A lot of our power plants are still coal power plants that are dispersing more pollution than any said gas car