Meet Lola, the chocolate-powered race car
Chocolate-powered Racecar Makes Sustainability Sexy
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.
Researchers from the British university showed off their prize possession at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) energy conference in Boston.
"She's incredibly green, taking materials that would otherwise have ended up in a landfill. It lets people engage with recycling without the finger-wagging," said Kerry Kirwan, one of the car's designers at the university.
"The public has really taken the car to its heart, because she's fun," he said.
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You pervert.. Stop staring at people's Avatars and start looking at the thread's contents for once.
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chocoholic avatar :)
pajju what's sexy in the pic, the car or the carrot or potato???
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My thread is drowning in a flood of Mbtshoes :(
--All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt-- Lucy Van Pelt
really sexy
So now Belgium and Switzerland will become the richest country in the world if they start using chocolate as fuel?
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I didn't know it was possible to have leftover chocolate!
:o)
--All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt-- Lucy Van Pelt