We don't need the government to invest in alternative fuels.

[JaggedEdge]

im not saying that i disagree with you but all the automakers have been on the verge of crumbling for some time now all because they didnt invest in alternative fuel and stuff....and oil didnt even run out, the price just went up a little bit....so i dont really know how much we can trust them to make the correct investments

i mean whats wrong with the government giving out some grants at the very least to continue and improve research in the area

1. The government is broke.

2. The government doesn't have money of it's own, just what the citizens are forced to hand over to them.

Besides, American car makers aren't the only ones who will be searching for these things. Japanese and German automakers will also try and come up with an affordable and efficient alternative to these problems.

It depends on the automaker, they should be allowed to survive or fail on their own, without interference by the government. Their problems lie in having an inferior product when compared to foreign cars. Some may have corrupt CEO's or poor money management, I'm not exactly sure. There problems have absolutely nothing to do with there not investing in alternative fuels.

They adapt, the Hummer for instance keeps downsizing because of consumer trends. People just aren't willing to buy big Hummers the way the used to, so now we have the H3.

Honda is not the only automaker with hybrid vehicles, so I'm not exactly sure how you equate their problems to a failure in researching other alternatives.