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Chevrolet
and Climate Change
Below are
extracts of letters between
the
car
manufacturer Chevrolet and Peter Shullot about
climate change. The letters in full are at the bottom of the page. This is one
of 65 sets of letters so you can find out what your supermarket, energy supplier
and car manufacturer, and oil companies, airlines, house builders and other
companies really think about climate change. The name Peter Shullot is
made up – it is an anagram of The Polluters.
To
Rory Harvey, Managing Director –
I have discovered Chevrolet. You were always there like the girl at the back of
the classroom but I never noticed you. I’ve got the Tacuma. It’s comfortable,
well-priced, and got a big boot, plus of course is a great drive. It’s taken me
a while to get past the flashier types in the front row but now I’m here I’m not
going anywhere else.
My boy Wayne loves the Chevy as well. He’s going through his American phase.
Burgers, Westerns, school murders, that sort of thing.
Why I’m writing to you is this baloney about climate change. It seems the
Europeans are making a big fuss about something that’s a fiction. George Bush
has the right idea. If you don’t commit to something, then you can’t be held to
anything. And act stupid.
But the way things are going we will be driving around in cars with every nut
and bolt regulated by the busybodies of Brussels. At this rate we’ll all end up
in a green car that’s straight out of Wacky Races, offering the steering of an
oil tanker and the safety of a greenhouse.
What did Don McLean sing? Drive
the Chevy to the levee. It would become drive the Chevy to the car dump if the
Eurobullies get their way.
Chevrolet replied –
We appreciate your supportive sentiments about negative opinions that can be
seen as obstacles to the sale of some of types of vehicles. Chevrolet UK is part
of a motor industry that takes very seriously its responsibility to produce
safe, environmentally friendly products. Modern 4x4/SUV vehicles have borne the
brunt of the negative press: however, these views are more and more being
challenged with the production of accurate statistics and relevant facts about
the type of vehicles made available in the UK.
Chevrolet UK will continue to provide UK customers with the type of vehicle they
want, at a price that offers industry leading value for money.
Letter to Chevrolet
Reply from Chevrolet
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