Mercedes wants to eliminate fossil fuel powered cars by
2015...maybe  Reports are swirling the Mercedes has plans to
switch its entire car fleet over to alternate fuels by 2015. At
first blush that sounds impossible, although when you realize
that they are throwing in biofuel and hybrid cars along with the
more radical electric and hydrogen options, it becomes clear
that biodiesel is their real backup plan. The key point being
that any engine designed for biodiesel, will also run just fine
on fossil fuel based pump diesel.  While the rest of the world
has already figured out the benefits of diesel, this would be a
much more difficult transition in the US, where it seems they
are still firing salvos in the horsepower race with arch rivals
Audi and BMW. Perhaps $4+ gas is finally making people
reconsider their priorities.  The other problem with this story
is that the original source appears to be The Sun, which is kind
of like Britain's answer to the New York Post. So I'm not sure
how literally we can take the