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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."
Several million soccer moms in Ford Explorers averaging 11-14mpg might qualify.
It's the difference between science and religion. There is empirical evidence as to the nature, type and extent of the damage wreaked by militaries. The only 'proof' that soccer moms burning petrol are affecting anything has long been classified as pseudoscience by real scientists. Furthermore, even if you accept the pseudoscience as valid, the military still does more damage. The Army alone burns more fuel every day than all the soccer moms combined - let alone the Air Force, or the freaking Navy, with its nuclear waste-producing fleet.
Better yet, take an ordinary plane and crash it into a big building -> less humans and re-using existing products.