You know, while I like Obama and his administration, I’m not sure they do a whole lot of outside the box thinking. The prior 8 years shouldn’t be used as any kind of comparison.

I’m not sure if it was mentioned in this blog or another blog or maybe in my head, but why can’t we fix the auto industry by providing consumers real incentives to buy brand new alternative energy cars. Like maybe a $5K tax credit/rebate on the purchase of a new hybrid or flex fuel car. I’m sure it would cost less than the bailing out these institutions.

This would force the GMs of the world to produce more efficient cars, marginally improve sales, keep the important dealerships alive, keep a good number of people working through the chain, and most importantly, reduce our dependence on crude while improving the environment.

Now some may think that it will help Toyota and Honda quite a bit and it may. I bought my Camry Hybrid in 07, partially cause I wanted to do my part and it’s made in America. BTW, I remember buying it for about 1K over a comparably equipped Camry and I made that money back between 07 and 08. Average MPG of 35. True story.

Now I would have loved to buy a similar hybrid car made by GM or Ford, but I couldn’t find a non-suv comparable cars.

Dunno just a random thought. Btw, the idea would still force GM to become more viable.