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SZTYKIEL People perceive that as gas prices go up, then RV sales will drop off. But you don't buy one of these coaches [which cost $100,000 and up] if you're concerned about the price of the fuel. And because we're strictly focused on diesel, gas prices' going up forces people to look more at diesel because they know it has better fuel economy. Registrations for diesel motor homes are up 11% over last year, which was a 25-year high...
Whatever the future of the electric car and bioethanol, the notion that America must end its oil habit is gaining currency in Washington. George W. Bush, the former Texan oilman, has begun talking up corn ethanol and clean diesel and has endorsed a $4,000 tax credit for purchases of hybrid cars. That has not gone unnoticed by energy's new coalition of convenience, even if the President hasn't yet mentioned plug-in hybrids or bioethanol. "We drive to high-tech jobs today in cars built with 100-year-old technology, using 100 million-year-old fuel," says Podesta...
...like to see at no cost, let alone what we estimate would be an additional $15,000." Other car companies, including Ford and General Motors, seem to feel the same way. But DaimlerChrysler sees the field differently. It has spent millions to modify a handful of gas and diesel-powered Mercedes Sprinter vans into plug-ins, which will be tested as early as this fall by commercial partners in the U.S., such as utilities. Chrysler says the vans can run 20 miles on batteries charged both via the socket and, like the Prius, by braking. Cost will matter, says Rolf...
...show his energy bill is about more than drilling for oil in Alaska, President Bush visited a plant in Virginia that turns soybeans into a clean-burning diesel fuel-which the President hopes will one day be used to power oil-drilling machines in Alaska." -TINA FEY, on Saturday Night Live...
...Matrix trilogy, Portman plays a suspected terrorist in a totalitarian state. Days after the shoot, she says, "I can't stop rubbing my head. It's so soft, I might keep it for a while." Hmm, a hot new bald star with action-adventure experience? Somewhere Vin Diesel's agent is quietly freaking...