Boeing 797? Is this for real?

[Bumblebee]

I thought that Boeing was in the eco-friendly market now, with airport to airport planes, instead of hub to hub planes. I read a while back they wanted to stick turbo-props on a 717 and fly that around or something.

I saw photos of one at Boeing Alteon Long Beach when Pengy hooked me up with a sim ride in the 717 sim. It worked well and had great economy, but they could not adequately protect the passengers from a prop disintegration within weight limits (as I recall).