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Default General Motors Mistake

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:42:03 -0500, Don Foreman wrote:

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:09:27 GMT, Erik wrote:

Hi all,

General Motors, builders of vehicle shaped objects that still include
limited metal content have really embarrassed themselves with this
one... absolutely beyond belief.

http://digg.com/environment/General_..._Rush_Limbaugh
_Eco_Friendly_Ad

Sorry about the long link, the tinyurl link below points to the same
'digg' listing.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2n5wkk

Erik


"they (GM) have ... a ton of momentum..." Guess what, Rush, a ton is
a measure of mass and hence inertia. Momentum would be ton-feet/sec.


So when they grind to a halt they'll never be able to start up again?

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