Toyota Supports Economy-Wide Reductions of Greenhouse Gases

I'm new to these blogs about Toyota and this is quite an old stream of diatribe against Toyota being a Chamber of Commerce member. Every businessman and manufacturer aound the country should be a member of the chamber of commerce in their community for a great many reasons that re too lenghy to list here. I hope Toyota will always be a Chamber member as will all the other car comanies...the government is askigng for too much from business in so many other ways that they all need a voice through which to communicate their discomfort orfull disagreement with government policies on many matters. What is most important for one group won't mean anything for another but the Chamber's voice leads credence to it nonetheless.

Whoa. Somewhere between the shrill "Toyota must wear sackcloth and build cars from sustainable butterfly manure" and the equally strident "Humans have no impact on the environment end-timers", there has to be a few people with common sense? I, too, will mount my soapbox and firmly state that buying a Prius is way better than buying a Dualie PowerStroke F350 to go the grocery store, and we will continue to buy Toyotas since they are at least making an effort (and have been for some time). Meaningful change is made by people working together.

It would appear to me that a company that runs an add about some brainless twitt who drives 400 miles every weekend to see his lady, isn't the least bit interested in greenhouse gases or anyother gas. However, from a marketing standpoint it is perfect as I'm sure that's exactly the type of person who would buy one.

Really? I hope you're not serious, but given the tone of your post, you likely are. Look, most people recognize the has-been, non-problem of so-called "global warming" is truly a bunch of HOT AIR! Apparently you're a bit late to the party. You need to stop listening to Al Gore, and start paying attention to the world around you. The earth is currently in a COOLING trend. I suppose the causal factor is also greenhouse gas? Look, extreme environmentalism is big $$$, just like oil is big $$$. The worst car for the environment Mr. T makes is the bloody Prius. People don't seem to consider the damage being done by all the battery factories in China which are completely unregulated, introducing heavy metals into our water. Battery manufacture is very "dirty". Worry about the poisoning of our water, not the greenhouse gas. My 12 year old Land Cruisers have a much lower carbon footprint than any new Toyota. Barring a wreck, they will likely be on the road another 20+ years (and no, fossil fuel isn't in short supply as the envirotards would have you believe). It is much "friendlier to Gaia, earth mother" to maintain an older, "less efficient" vehicle, than to support the continuing manufacture of new vehicles and suffer all the environmental evils that are the bi-products of their manufacture. You're not going to buy another Toyota? Please. Do the math, and leave Mr. T alone. Toyota has done enough appeasing of the deluded "greenies" with the Prius. They don't need to continue pandering to and propagating the misinformation campaign of big-environmentalism.

Toyota, you will have to try harder than that to convince anyone you support reducing greenhouse gases. Your money is your support. If you refuse to quit the Chamber of Commerce, you are bankrolling their strong efforts to undercut all meaningful reform of U.S. energy policy. Put your money where your mouth is. Quit the Chamber of Commerce, or own up to what you are doing and face the consumer backlash. I will certainly not buy another Toyota until you are honest.

As a long time Toyota owner I'm extremely disappointed that Toyota is not taking a much stronger stance regarding the Chamber of Commerce and its attack on national green policy. Consumers have many choices when it comes to transportation. I will not buy another Toyota until Toyota rectifies this situation.