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...consumption up by 21%. Local power stations are able to provide only about half of the juice demanded by the city and its 5.4 million residents, so even the pampered children of government officials have been forced to do their homework by candlelight, and factories have had to buy diesel generators to produce their own electricity. Last year, during the worst of the blackouts, traffic lights went dark and newspapers ran special sections listing which districts would be affected that day?a situation that is likely to repeat itself in the next few weeks as the mercury rises...
...trying to cope as best as they can. Zhou Zhiliang, production-line manager for a 1,400-employee company that makes scaffolding for oil wells, says his factory is being supplied with only enough electricity for three days of work a week. To compensate, the company bought a diesel generator, a purchase repeated by so many factories across the country recently that diesel prices have been driven higher. Zhou says the cost of the generator and the fuel has eaten up the firm's profits. Still, production cannot stop. "We have to keep our customers satisfied, or they will...
...hand-to-hand fighting and gunplay, relieved by some smartly scripted role playing and problem solving, but the real pleasure is the stunning graphics: everything looks old and rusty and grungy, as if each frame had been individually hand-distressed and then moodily lit by David Fincher. Vin Diesel plays Riddick with such inimitable heavy-lidded sangfroid, he ought to be in movies. Oh, that's right...
Ford's rivals are sending similar signals. Chrysler is coming out with a diesel Jeep Liberty this summer, equipped with a four-cylinder 2.8-liter engine that the company claims will perform like a V6, with a 25% improvement in fuel economy (it will be sold in only 45 states because of antismog restrictions on diesel passenger vehicles). Lexus plans to deliver a hybrid version of its luxury RX330 SUV, the 400h, this fall. And Honda says by year's end it will sell a hybrid edition of its V6 Accord that will outperform the standard version in fuel economy...
Most railfans find ways to adapt. Some substitute business-casual attire for the usual Slayer T shirt to appear less threatening. Others carry the Diesel Spotters Guide--or their kids--to establish their innocence. As for Almeida, "I make a lot more eye contact," he says. Then he offers his card, which lists his railfan-club affiliations. He estimates that he has given out 500 cards since 9/11. Usually, the matter is quickly resolved. "I have a little A.C.L.U. in me," he admits. "So I say, 'Why can't I stay?' But the cop is the one with...