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...HANKEY THE CHRISTMAS POO OCCUPATION: He gives gifts to kids who eat fiber BEST PUNCH: Responding to Kricfalusi's complaint, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote him a nice letter explaining how Mr. Hankey was independently conceived...
...earth bit by displaying some "clean" concept cars. Chrysler unveiled its ESX2, which combines lightweight construction, plastic body panels and a hybrid power train (a small diesel engine, batteries and electric motor) to get 70 m.p.g. Ford displayed a concept vehicle fabricated out of aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber that gets up to 63 m.p.g. and weighs 40% less than a Taurus. Ford promised to adapt its Windstar minivan, classified as a truck, to meet lower emissions by 1999. But while the Big Three talk about adding a salad bar to the auto buffet, they are busily cooking...
Soon the only place you'll be able to find a pair of traditional skis will be at a yard sale. So-called shaped skis--a.k.a. parabolic, side-cut cyber--have revolutionized the sport, making the trip downhill easier and safer. Not since metal and fiber glass replaced wood have skiers gained so much from an improvement in equipment. The industry badly needs the boost. The number of skiers and ski-resort visits has been flat for a decade, while the number of skis sold has fallen 40%. Meanwhile, snowboarding has blossomed...
Over the past five years, a new crop has sprouted across the broad, fertile plains of northern Germany. Sprinkled among the barns and silos are thousands of 100-ft.-tall towers topped by sleek, fiber-glass blades that whirl slowly in the breeze. Functioning as clean, trim powerhouses, these modern windmills turn even gentle currents of air into strong currents of electricity, energizing the region's businesses and homes without hurting the environment...
BLOWING IN THE WIND The global wind-power industry, a $2 billion-a-year business, has seen its market nearly quadruple since 1992. Two decades of research have yielded a thoroughly modern wind turbine with tough fiber-glass blades and electronic controls. The cost of the electricity produced is comparable to that of fossil-fuel power and still falling...