Many of you know me as having lost to President-Elect Barack Obama in the US Illinois Democratic primary (losing to POTUS is pretty cool) or from my years on radio and TV as a progressive commentator. I started all this because of the climate crisis. I live in Detroit and we are looking into the abyss. I ran for congress in '06 on re-tooling the auto industry to produce the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles. We hear the anger from congress and the country about the industry's resistance to change all these years, loud and clear. But Michigan needs your help now. Please read my column in today's Detroit Free Press "Yes, Detroit Can Make a Green Turnaround"and post there and go to www.YesWeCanDetroit.com to sign a petition if you agree with me.
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Here's the deal. If we get the support of the American people to restructure the industry (faster than you can say bankuptcy), we can use this crisis to build the most advanced fuel efficient vehicles in the world, right here in America. The alternative is far worse than most of the chattering class on TV are saying. A Big 3 bust will take a massive Main Street and Wall Street contingent with them and stick taxpayers with the bill for pension and healthcare liabilities. As Al Gore says, the Chinese character for crisis also means opportunity. We have boatloads of both. I am not a grey-haired auto exec flying on a luxury jet. I am a Detroiter who has spent her career trying to solve the energy/climate crisis. When Katrina hit, we were there. New York on 9/11, we were there. We have a different category 5 on our doorstep. Can you hear us America? Will you help us through this, so that we all have a brighter, greener future?
Nancy Skinner
