By using lightweight aerospace materials like carbon fiber, which has the strength of steel but weighs one-fifth as much, naval architects can design boats that plane across the surface of the water instead of plowing through it.

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Instead of being produced from all high-grade steel, most of The Guardian is produced in mostly forms of carbon fiber and thick polycarbonate as well as some steel.

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" He rattles off consumer products in excess--"autos, fiber optic cable, computers, cell phones, trucks, airplanes, steel, even food.

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Seven and Serotta in particular look nothing like garages and run laboratory-like production facilities where tolerances are excruciatingly precise, and the materials, be they steel, carbon fiber, or titanium, are best in class.

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