Professor Elam

Jerry Flint puts the whole auto picture in perspective here. Truth is

GM and Ford make lots of money overseas

Hybrid cars do not sell well, Honda has taken most of theirs off the market

new turbo gas cars are the most efficient solution, hybrids with their expensive batteries are not
Southern senators are not being forthright refusing to acknowledge their subsidy of foreign automakers as well as the  increased business if GM goes down.

Or as he says, look at government designed cars like the Yugo,yeah that was a winner

You can find other Fliont stories there that put this debate in perspective.