This Week In Blunders – June 21-27
“Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. … What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum.” – Alan Greenspan, (March 6, 1926 – June 22, 2026)
Volkswagen is reportedly preparing to cut 100,000 jobs and end production at four German plants in its most extensive retrenchment in its 89-year history because …
Well, when you get right down to it … the global automaker can’t seem to wash its hands clean of all the diesel soot its cars belched out beginning in the 2000s.
So much for German engineering. These automotive geniuses somehow decided that the planet’s oiliest fuel was a clean-air solution.
In 2009, while companies like Tesla were developing electric cars, VW rolled out the Jetta TDI, promising diesel engines that would satisfy tough U.S. emissions standards while delivering excellent fuel economy.
They sold the whole world on “Clean Diesel,” which now seems about as believable as organic Twinkies.
