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Environmentally Friendly Race Cars, Military Vehicles
jackelfish writes "The non-profit organization IdéeVerte Compétition has created a 'space age' race car that runs on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (propane or butane) and is lubricated with sunflower oil. Sponsored by the European Space Agency, the car recently broke the 'LPG powered vehicle' speed record of 315 km/h. The car also utilizes space technologies such as a titanium fuel tank, heat shielding developed for the Ariane launch vehicles and an EGNOS satellite navigation system to determine the speed, acceleration and position of the car in real-time." And reader gkbarr writes "Is the DoD feeling the crunch of sky-high gasoline prices or are they being overrun by a bunch of Greens? Who cares, the latest Humvee looks to be a more capable and greener machine than its predecessors."
But don't worry, a green-friendly Humvee is fairly low-priority on the DoD's list of innovations.
So relax, will ya... The DoD's not going to start respecting things. And with the Hummer you don't have to either.
Look a monkey!
Running on Butane, all lubed up with Safflower oil...
Think different! :)
More military->more wars->less humans-> better enviroment
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
I have driven a prius about 4 times now, and have managed to average, at "99.9 miles per gallon" as it says on the display. albeit, ive only managed that to last about 10 minutes, when doing around 40mph, on relatively flat land, but still its pretty damn good fuel economy
That's nothing. On my display in my 1966 Ford F-250 with a 5.7l engine and 50 gal fuel tanks I've managed to hit 100 mpg on my analog vacuum gauge. Imagine a 7,500 pound truck going down hill and you'll understand.
i can do better. when rolling down hill, i can push in the clutch, put the car into neutral, and shut off the engine. the car's guages don't seem to work too well when it's shut off, but by my rough calculations (since my car is accelerating down hill without using any gasoline), i am getting better than infinity miles per gallon. i tried to check if i had more gas in my tank when i reached the bottom of the hill than at the top, but unfortunately, this was not the case.
so its a 2 door coupe with a hatch? or a 3 door HB?
Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
I agree it makes sense when you see where it has come from I just can't help thinking it also makes perfect sense to your average 9year old thinking of a name for his new super duper weapon with which he will smite the armies of his friends and rival gangs.
Also I wonder where they might go from here:
Super Wicked Space Robostallion
Super Fire Breathing Sea Kraken Of Law
Mad Water Monster What Can Fly
Ultimate Storm Stallion
...And since when are humans less important than the environment? Screw the trend, the earth will adapt or die. Surely we can invent a technology that will allow us to breath CO2, and live underwater.