Damage control by GM CEO Rick Wagoner

After GM's Bob Lutz' memorable and essentially correct "crock" statement, Rick Wagoner has had to do some damage control.

Check out the careful wording here:

"The data is pretty clear that the temperature on the earth is rising. There's all sort of debates as to why but we've clearly come down on the side it makes sense for us to put our business in a position where we can participate proactively in reducing the amount of (carbon dioxide) emissions," Wagoner said.

Those words could be consistent with hypothetical thoughts like this:

Yes, CO2 catastrophe IS indeed a crock, but given the passionate belief of some groups and politicians, it makes business sense for GM to appear to take this seriously.