Ted Turner discusses Detroit, fossil fuels, and clean technology on Meet the Press

Articles — By forcechange on December 1, 2008 2:58 pm

Ted Turner appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday. There he discussed, among other things, the Big Three automakers, fossil fuels and clean technology. When asked by Tom Brokaw about the proposed Detroit bailout, Turner stated:

“I don’t like to see anybody… not doing well, but I’m afraid–I saw it coming years ago, Detroit was going–headed for a crash, and it’s amazing to me that they didn’t see it, either, you know, and start building smaller cars, more fuel efficient cars a long time ago. Because anybody, anybody with half a brain could see we’re going to have, you know, big disruptions in the fossil fuel business.”

Turner then added that he wasn’t really sure what the government’s role should be, “but I feel like that it would be a lot better if we’re going to put–if the United States government’s going to put money in anything, why not put it into clean, renewable energy and create jobs for the future instead of trying to keep alive a smoke stack industry of the past whose days– the days of big automobiles are over. The days of fossil fuel are over.”