This quote was awarded it's own shadow box on the 16 March issue of AW&ST Letters page. Lew Creedon writes:
The aircraft industry, which uses probably a miniscule percentage of the US’s energy, is spending billions of dollars on reducing that number by less than a percentage point. The automobile industry, originator of the present storm, has spent the last 20 years of more promoting monster vehicles in defiance of the spirit and intention of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy legislation, wasting more fuel in a day than the aviation industry can save in a year. The matching arrogance that led to the use of private jets to beg for government help indicates that for once it would be a good idea to kill the messenger and not necessarily his vehicle.
Can I get an Amen?
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