The same group of protestors who took the stage with Rick Wagoner yesterday have returned on the second day of the 2006 LA Auto Show. This time, instead of confronting the head honchos of the Big 6 automakers directly, they've set up shop outside and staged a "Greenwash Car Wash". The protestors from Global Exchage, Rainforest Action Network, Ruckus Society and Code Pink are clad in bikinis and board shorts while washing down a HUMMER H2 in green sudsy water. There's also a green MC on hand interviewing people in the crowd, which numbered in the single digits while we were outside observing the event. We're sure they'd like us to report all their facts and figures about how the Big 6 automakers are contributing to global warming and should be doing something about it, but you've heard it all before. Truth be told, this is actually the greenest auto show we can remember. New hybrid models are everywhere, a plug-in hybrid was finally announced, and alt-fuel vehicles line the curb outside for jounalists to test. Well, now we can add a sopping wet HUMMER H2 to the list of green cars at the LA Auto Show.
You can find more pics of the protest after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Chris @ Nov 30th 2006 4:22PM
More liberal morons, at least they're not inside the convention centre.
Um... no @ Nov 30th 2006 4:22PM
If they want positive attention via bikinis, they should hire some good looking females to stand out there holding signs... or at least ones that know how to wear bras so they're not playing soccer with their mams. ;)
Wilhelmina J. Higginbotham @ Nov 30th 2006 4:26PM
Where were they when the Highlander and RX went "green'?
Nowhere--that's what.
They are protesting because an AMERICAN company is about to get away with what Toyota has been doing for years.
When will we ever get rid of our fifth column in this country?
Tell me where I am wrong..
Are these people in fact inconsistent vis a vis Toyota/GM?
Wilhelmina J. Higginbotham @ Nov 30th 2006 4:31PM
They were all to willing to BELIEVE THE HYPE when Toyota was doing it exclusively.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
Now you have more evidence.
Environmentalism is not about saving the planet, but rather defeating AMERICA's overwhelming resistance to socialism through the destruction of business and the economy.
They will not rest until you cower at the feet of the "SMART PEOPLE" like ALL Europeans currently do.
Don't let "experts" do the thinking for you. Be INDEPENDENT! BE FREE!!!
Tom P @ Nov 30th 2006 4:42PM
What about the waste of water they used in staging the demonstration? Is the green dye bio-friendly?
Ryan @ Nov 30th 2006 5:20PM
"5. What about the waste of water they used in staging the demonstration? Is the green dye bio-friendly?"
-Sometimes "you have to spend money to make money" :-)
-I love to see people take advantage of being free to do what they feel is important to them.
Tyro @ Nov 30th 2006 5:32PM
Looks like good clean fun to me!
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Looks like good clean fun to me!
Maxzillian @ Nov 30th 2006 5:33PM
*looks out his dormitory window at the sleet and snowfall from the 19 degree weather that he managed to somehow navigate a sports car with summer tires through*
Doesn't look like global warming has hit around here. ;)
6 @ Nov 30th 2006 5:50PM
Ugly liberal dykes in bikinis is a sure-fire way to get passer-by's to lose interest in your cause fast.
Alex K @ Nov 30th 2006 5:51PM
Hybrid SUVs are a joke and should not count for any "greenness" of an auto-company. Seriously, 30mpg in a hybrid SUV?! Big deal, tons of cars get 30mpg. They ARE protesting Toyota hybrid SUVs as well as American ones, it was not necessary to protest the Prius because it was an acutal improvement. Making a hybrid SUV is like spraying lysol on a bag of crap.
The only non-ignorant comment so far has been #2, who is 100% right.
John Carrie @ Nov 30th 2006 5:54PM
This is too funny.
Richard Warren @ Nov 30th 2006 6:05PM
Ok, gotta ask. So you're "green"
This automatically makes you a "liberal"?
You have concern about climate and energy usage you're a "moron"
You're concerned about the enviroment and that makes you a "socialist" seeking the downfall of American business and economy?
So is being conservative mean you only care about making money, eating up the earths resourses,deciding what you will watch on TV, the movies, how we put our religious views of the far right into government policy?
I don't think either view is that simple.
They have the right as citizens to protest (even if it's far fetched or crazy to some of us)just as those who have a different view retort.
Calling each other names and labeling does not get the job done. Pretty simple really, don't share the views, ignore.
Chris @ Nov 30th 2006 6:13PM
#2 Lefty environMENTALists don't have babes.
#3 Fifth columnists are all of the same ilk: GM/Bush/Wal-mart/war-on-terror Derangement Syndrome sufferers that would love nothing better than the complete destruction of the United States and her citizens. They worship at the Nipponese altar of Toyota, a company shown to be anti-environment and anti-American in its bid to topple American hegemony.
Jonathan Neil @ Nov 30th 2006 7:02PM
Thank you, Ryan for your thoughtful comment. Most of the others are absolute rubbish, especially the "liberal dykes" comment. Too scared to post your real name?
Fact is, the average consumer is still painfully unaware of environmental issues, and anything that can be done to open their eyes (even just a little bit) is something positive IMO.
Brett @ Nov 30th 2006 7:45PM
I don't believe it's about the american cars - the Hybrids themselves are only a teeny tiny step... The better gas mileage isn't that much better - I get 32MPG in my honda civic (non-hybrid). These people have the right cause, even if you don't agree with their protest (or body types?!?)We really need to stop arguing and stop using oil altogether... Let's get those ELECTRIC CARS out there... No oil, no reason to die in Iraq...
Afi K. James @ Nov 30th 2006 8:20PM
I'm sick of liberals and conseratives, they all make me sick.
Treehuggers & Gas Guzzlers can kiss my ass, I'm a natural gas lover and I Will begin that phrase very soon.
Treehuggers & Gas Guzzlers are just like democrats and republicans, all ignorant and selling out to the highest bidder.
Bob @ Nov 30th 2006 9:13PM
You forgot lesbians, Richard Warren! Any girl that cares for the environment = lesbian, apparently. Aren't conservatives witty?
Wilhelmina J. Higginbotham @ Nov 30th 2006 9:45PM
17. You forgot lesbians, Richard Warren! Any girl that cares for the environment = lesbian, apparently. Aren't conservatives witty?
Posted at 6:16PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Bob 0 stars
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Witty?
Yes!
Beats yelling and shouting and making a nuisance of oneself any day!
Wins more converts too!
UrbanDavid @ Nov 30th 2006 9:56PM
I know, let's hate everybody. It's really easy when you don't have to own up to your comments.
You do have to hand it to the capital apologists though. Perhaps they would have been the same ones that fought in favor of keeping the 14 hour work day and against safety and minimum age standards for workers.
Damn liberal morons always thinking of what might be best for society.
Bill Maher is an Idiot @ Nov 30th 2006 11:23PM
Damn. If they had some good-looking women....they're all DUDES!!
Could someone run over them in a Hummer? Maybe another elderly man? That way the AARP can coverup the whole thing.