Green motoring still a bit black and sooty

Trends and their setters are an interesting lot. Of course all these make for very intriguing living that would otherwise have been dull and colourless.

It only takes three Frenchmen to convince the world that they are the world's greatest lovers, and as such every man worth his salt would be better suited looking into haute couture for cover. It even has another hazy name; metrosexual. David Beckham is said to be the perfect quintessence of such. Trends are not only seen in flimsy dress codes, since major industries like car manufacturers are also always coming up with a slew of new ideas, even airliners.  Now, admittedly, airliners are not completely out at war in innovation.

The reality is that travelling by plane has not got much better with time as should be the case. Airport security checks are more and more invasive; soon there will be full body and cavity searches to unearth hidden weaponry or such. It's a stagnant industry that thrives only through lack of choice. There is no advancement in technology that is for the good of the passengers, nothing that gets you to your destination any faster. It takes 10 hours to fly to Frankfurt, just like it did in 1970. In an accident, the fatality numbers are usually close to above scary, with usually no survivors at all.

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