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Discuss “Sustainable Students car show features eco-friendly autos”

Chili Palmer, the protagonist of this spring?s Get Shorty sequel Be Cool, said of his Honda Insight rental: ?It?s the Cadillac of hybrids.?

Character Martin Weir responded, ?But what about speed??

?If you?re important,? said Palmer, ?people will wait.?

Last Thursday afternoon, a small crowd waited in the Merson courtyard for a silent invasion of cars. A joint effort by CMU?s Sustainable Students and the Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution brought the owners of several different hybrid and biodiesel vehicles to campus.

The car show attracted quite a crowd, as potential owners tried out the controls of the ridiculously high-tech 2005 Toyota Prius or drooled over the new biodiesel VW Beetle with impressive gas mileage.

Jose Mieres,...

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