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Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy
yahoo news ^
| 3-9-10
| Ros Krasny, Reuters
Posted on 03/09/2010 10:43:04 AM PST by cajuncow
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) – Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
Sound nuts? Not yet -- brake pads made from cashews are still under development.
Meet Lola, the England's University of Warwick's blend of muscle and eco-friendliness and the world's first racing car retrofitted with renewable and sustainable materials.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: energy; greenieweenies; pravdamedia; starkravingsocialism; sustainability
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Enjoying my Nestle Crunch as I post this.
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:43:04 AM PST
by
cajuncow
To: cajuncow
“...leftover chocolate”
I’ve never heard of that.
To: cajuncow
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:44:57 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: cajuncow
Chocolate is more expensive than gasoline.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:47:42 AM PST
by
SnakeDoctor
(The night is darkest just before the dawn, but [...] the dawn is coming. -- Harvey Dent)
To: cajuncow
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:47:43 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: cajuncow
Sure, it runs on vittles, but what kind? Processed food, like potato starch? Raw food, like taters straight from the ground? If the resources needed to process said food into stuff the car can use, the tradeoff might not be positive. If it's like Mr. Fusion, however....
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:51:01 AM PST
by
Othniel
(Meddlng in human affairs for 1/20th of a millennium.......)
To: cajuncow
Is this chocolate harvested and processed by child labor?
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:54:42 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: cajuncow
Interesting
But what’s the cost per gallon of left over chocolate, carrots & potato flax?
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:56:00 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Spike Knotts
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:56:49 AM PST
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
03/09/2010 10:58:31 AM PST
by
Reaganesque
("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
To: cajuncow
“Sound nuts?”
Yes, just add nuts and you would have quite a sensation.
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:06:29 AM PST
by
pappyone
(New to Freep, still working a tag line.)
To: cajuncow
Meet Lola, the England's University of Warwick's blend of muscle and eco-friendlinessDoes it talk like a woman and walk like a man?
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:09:18 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Exterminate the rats!)
To: Spike Knotts
I was going to post:
Leftover chocolate? “oxymoron”.
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:11:06 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Freepmail me to get on the Bourbon ping list.)
To: cajuncow
What is this “leftover chocolate”?
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:26:26 AM PST
by
T Minus Four
(Christians follow Christ, not other Christians.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:29:44 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Spike Knotts
“...leftover chocolate”
A totally foreign concept to me.
To: Daffynition
Weighing in at an impress 120kg, the brand new McLaren-Mercedes Choco-MP4/22 is reportedly the fastest consumer car yet
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:34:26 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Spike Knotts
Yea what? There is no such thing as “leftover chocolate”
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:35:16 AM PST
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
To: cajuncow
“Well, go ahead and buy it, don’t listen to me, go ahead and do it.
You’ll have it home five minutes and you’ll know you blew it.
See, the brakes are made of glass and tires are made of vinyl.
You’ll want to take it back, find out that all sales are final.”
—from the song “Dodge Veg-o-matic”, by Jonathan Richman
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posted on
03/09/2010 11:42:12 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: cajuncow; All
Right..... Because “intelligent people” know that chocolate just grows on trees all over the world and harvests, transports, processes, packages, markets, re-transports, displays, sells, and recycles itself....
Why.....it’s the perfect “Sustainable”, “Carbon Neutral” “Alternative” fuel source. My GOD!!! - why didn’t we think of this decades ago!!!?
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