Comply or else (National Review, 10.06.09)

Posted by hpayne on October 6, 2009

Detroit – Reuters reports that Mazda is raising $1.1 billion in a share sale to invest in the development of green alternatives like hybrids because the company “has been seen as a laggard in next-generation car technologies” and because hybrids “are popular in the United States.”

But in the age of green reporting, every story must be read with skepticism. Reuters’ echo of activists claims that consumers demand green cars is demonstrably false as hybrid sales as a percentage of the U.S. market have dropped from 3 percent to less than 2 percent of the market since 2007.

In fact, Mazda is investing in hybrids because government gives them little choice. . . .

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