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" Thank heavens for Earth Day. Just when you thought the promise beyond April showers (Saturdays, skirts, silk, not so much the May flowers) wouldn&amp;#039;t be fulfilled, just when it looked like Stephen Hawking (bless him) wouldn&amp;#039;t make it, just when the bloviators said the Craigslist Killer and the Last Pirate Standing (really, guys?) wouldn&amp;#039;t be brought to justice, along comes this wholly superficial, totally sugarcoated holiday. It&amp;#039;s as if someone out there is actually encouraging me to disregard the melting ice caps or my beloved twenty-minute shower. Plant a tree, don&amp;#039;t bathe, and act like a big green idiot! On Thursday, we can get back to being the country that until last fall officially denied global warming, that until last week didn&amp;#039;t acknowledge greenhouse gases as a public health threat, that until next month might not even pass a straightforward climate-change bill. So last night, inhaling this noxious Hallmark agent of ignorant bliss, I took a straw poll of \u2014 who else? \u2014 car geeks. Asking my buddies from the gearhead blogs to assume that everything works out for the automakers \u2014 that Fiat saves Chrysler, that the Camaro and the F-150 sell like hotcakes, that new Prius and Honda Insight both get hybrids to the masses \u2014 I wondered what non-major, environmentally friendly concept they endorsed this Earth Day. What about this 120-mpg Loremo that just hit the road on its way to the Automotive X Prize? &amp;quot;Loremo, eh? Hey, I know, let&amp;#039;s make a company built entirely around low-rolling-resistance tires and creating a new frame that probably won&amp;#039;t meet crash testing!&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s from Jalopnik&amp;#039;s Ray Wert, who instead proclaimed, &amp;quot;I heart Fisker,&amp;quot; referring to the Fisker Karma \u2014 also known as the most badass hybrid sportscar you&amp;#039;ve probably never heard of. But with an all-electric range of sixty-two miles an hour, a sub-six 0-to-60 time, and a body like this, you will \u2014 and our friend Elon Musk will get a run for his money. Speaking of money, the Karma could run up to a not-exactly-recession-proof eighty-five large, leading AutoBlogGreen&amp;#039;s Jeremy Korzeniewski to tell me, &amp;quot;Dude, the Karma is really cool, but a bit pricey, eh?&amp;quot; (He&amp;#039;s not Canadian.) To which MSN Autos&amp;#039;s Chuck Tannert responded, &amp;quot;Non-major? Does the Fisker count?&amp;quot; On a day like today, a man can dream, can&amp;#039;t he? RELATED LINKS: VIDEO: Elon Musk with Teslas and Rockets in The Cube ANSWER FELLA: What Really Happens to Concept Cars? TOM CHIARELLA: Why Driving 110 MPH Is Totally Worth It (in Certain Situations) PLUS: All of Esquire&amp;#039;s Car Coverage in One Place "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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