- Concordes were small jet liners, carrying up to only 120 passengers, that's not much bigger than the small regional jets flying around and much smaller than the small Boeing 737's flown by Southwest and Airbus A319/20's flown by the likes of Delta and Frontier.
- Take a look at the new 747 to be launched
http://www.newairplane.com/747/
- Turbo-props aren't expanding as fast as small regional jets and the growing number of single engine jets forecasted to grow like wildfire (a turbine jet engine is so much simpler and more economical to use)
- Limos are too ordinary and don't cost enough or have the high-end features for today's rich and famous.
- No one is jumping at the gun to get in to farming like 30+ years ago and banks won't let just anyone farm...you must have plenty of capital to cover your rear for a couple years worth of failures (like own 1/3 of your acres you plan to farm).
- Fuel prices aren't having much of an influence. Full-size pick-up trucks ranked in the top 3 vehicle types traded for during the cash-for-clunkers campaign. No one was really looking to save much fuel going to a new truck. they just wanted top dollar for their clunker and a new vehicle.
- To most businesses (farms included), fuel expenses are a write-off. But it is nice not to have to pay as much for the stuff rather than waiting until the next business year to get a % of it back as a return.