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    11-17-2004 12:41 AM #1

    In a world where global energy reserves appear to be constantly dwindling, the world’s largest automotive market – the United States – sits at the center, pulled apart by two divergent philosophies on the best methods of conservation. In one corner, we have the Far East, specifically Japan, with their growing gasoline hybrid offerings. In the other corner is Europe, with its training in diesel a specialty and where a large chunk of the market of cars sold is now fuel-sipping diesels. With such heavy market penetration of diesel technology, it was only a matter of time before high-powered and even sporting offerings began to surface over there.
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    11-23-2004 02:00 AM #2
    What a beautiful aircraft! I read the article with extreme interest as I'm an environmental science major and I love the idea of diesels and hybrids, and then I got to the bottom... and had to laugh.

    I must say that the control column is pretty unusual, though...

    Forget the car... I want the plane!


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