Chocolate Fuel

Lola is visiting M.I.T. from the University of Warwick in the U.K. as an honored guest at M.I.T.'s energy conference. She's not there as a speaker but as an exhibit. That's because Lola is a specially designed formula 3 car. Her special design allows her to run on the waste from chocolate factories and other plant based oils. This isn't a slow little hybrid putting along either, with a top speed of 135 MPH Lola can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 2.5 seconds. Not bad, I wish I ran that good on chocolate too!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100309/od_nm/us_car_chocolate

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 09, 2010
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i'd go to the races just to smell the exhaust! (how about you expat?)mmmm chocolate! 😛

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/09/10 at 09:40 PM

And if chocolate isn't your thing, there is also the car that runs on coffee grounds:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1255867/Cappuccino-car-runs-coffee--use-filter-lane.html

Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 03/09/10 at 10:08 PM

it is an alternate fuel source but i thought the idea was to find a CHEAPER renewable fuel. atleast that's what they tell us while they try to such every penny out of us all.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/09/10 at 10:51 PM

It ain't just chocolate that gets this car moving! Here's an article with a picture.

Patty, sounds like a waste to me. Oil can be used in so, so many other, more exciting, ways.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/10/10 at 12:07 AM

thanks for the picture sweetie! yes, you are right about interesting uses for oils! you've got me thinking now it's after midnight here, guess i'll go to bed! 😜

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/10/10 at 12:17 AM

folks, it looks like i was scooped here back in may of last year. the story of this car was in dumbfounded's first 'food related weirdness' post the link above in his comment will take you there. my apologies love, you are just so far ahead of the curve i can't always keep up. 💋

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/10/10 at 07:51 AM

Patty, I'm dumbfounded that you missed that!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/10/10 at 09:18 AM

yeah and that would sure get me moving faster too kdp! :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/10/10 at 01:31 PM

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