So you want to be an opinion columnist for a national newspaper? All right. Here's your mission, should you choose to accept it: Write a 900-word piece, defending the CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, who continue to argue against legislative initiatives to increase auto fuel efficiency by 40%. The standards haven't really budged since the mid-1970s, and crude oil recently topped $75 a barrel.
Yet the rapidly fading Detroit auto executives have remained steadfast in their opposition to higher fuel economy standards —which, by the way, the Senate has voted to raise and the House is contemplating. Your mission: Explain what the Dinosaurs of Detroit are thinking. Begin writing immediately before the U.S. auto industry self-destructs.
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