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Wind-Powered "Greenbird" Seeks Land-Speed Record

Posted by timothy on from the beautiful-pictures-too dept.

Mike writes with this tantalizing excerpt: "Dale Vince of Ecotricity and engineer Richard Jenkins are setting up on the salt flats at Lake LeFroy in Western Australia, hoping to catch the right breeze and break the wind-powered landspeed record of 116.7 mph in their sleek wind-powered vehicle, the Greenbird."

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  1. Transportation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What does this engineering-masturbation have to do with transportation? It's not like it's useful for anything other than some weird bragging rights.