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Race Car Made With Veggies And Powered By Chocolate

Posted by samzenpus on from the mad-lib-motors dept.

IS4110 writes "A new racing car made with potatoes and carrots and powered with chocolate waste has been developed by the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre of the University of Warwicks in the UK. The university's vehicle, called WorldFirst F3 project, has a steering wheel made of curran, a material derived from carrots, that is expected to replace glass fiber and carbon fiber. It also has a racing seat made of SoyFoam, a soybean oil-based, flexible foam material. Wing mirrors incorporate materials derived from potato starch, a bib made from flax fiber, and lubricants based on plant oils."

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  1. Future headline by orclevegam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Race called on account of rabbit attack.

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  2. Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) by levell · · Score: 5, Informative

    At the moment the carrot-based material "curran" used to make the steering wheel contains some carbon fibre. Fly-fishing rods made out of the material are 50% carbon fibre at the moment.

    The inventors are working to increase the percentage of carrot based material

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    1. Re:Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) by negRo_slim · · Score: 4, Funny

      The inventors are working to increase the percentage of carrot based material

      That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.

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    2. Re:Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) by ookabooka · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.

      It's called the Kentucky derby.

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  3. Re:All this work??? by orclevegam · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, like, my XBox Funion Edition(TM) red ringed, so I ate it. I can't get it repaired now, but it was delicious.

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  4. Is this really a good idea by SnarfQuest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Converting food into building material? Is this really a good idea?

    Right now, corn is being converted into fuel, in a very inefficient manner, only affordable because of massive government subsidies (the pump prices held down by pulling money out of your wallet through taxes). Corn once was a cheap staple for poor people worldwide. Corn prices have gone up because of this ethanol, which means more starvation worldwide.

    What will happen to other food prices if this keeps going on. How much will they subsidise the increased food prices, or are we going to have to start eating oil?

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