Posted on 05/05/2009 9:57:54 PM PDT by Schnucki
Talk about hot chocolate.
A team of British engineers have designed a car that not only runs on a fuel derived from the tasty treat, but is largely constructed from parts derived from vegetables.
The steering wheel of the open-cockpit car is constructed from carrot fibers, the foam in the seats from soybeans, and the rear view mirrors and body panels produced from the starch of potatoes. Even the brakes are based on cashew nut shells.
The World First Racing team from Warwick University says the car is 95 percent biodegradable and mostly conforms to the regulations of the international Formula 3 racing series. It has a BMW turbodiesel engine that is capable of propelling it to speeds approaching 150 mph and can run on any type biodiesel, but for the purposes of the $200,000 project the designers chose chocolate as the basis of the renewable fuel.
Unfortunately, you won't be seeing it on track anytime soon. Current Formula 3 regulations do not allow the use of biodiesel in competition, even though diesel is widely used in Europe and has become a popular motorsport fuel in recent years. The last three runnings of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans were won by a turbodiesel Audi.
Until the rules change, maybe the engineers can cheer up by eating some of the leftovers.
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The one thing scientists downplayed was that the car itself would not last more than one race before disintegrating.
True.
Eat the ears first. They taste bestest.
And if you’re lost in the wilderness with no fuel, you can just much on the car!
Maybe they can slam it into a peanut butter wall.
If you must burn food, burn corn not chocolate!!!
If you must burn food, burn corn not chocolate!!!
At 150 max speed it isn’t even close to being competative.
Who would drive a slug built by eco freeks anyway?
Ray Nagin’s car of choice.
Mmmm.... Chocolate.
One of my dark vices.
I wonder if the resins made from these organic materials has any toxic chemicals in them? I know. Once the car has no use, grind it up and make slug bait!
What a waste of chocolate.
And for exhaust, it gives off whipped cream. There you have it, a desert-mobile.
“A team of British engineers have designed a car that not only runs on a fuel derived from the tasty treat, but is largely constructed from parts derived from vegetables.”
Why?
I wonder what the NOS would be... 90% Dark?
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