Green Race Cars made from potatoes and cashew nut shells. What is next?
By polachicago
@polachicago (18716)
United States
March 25, 2007 8:16pm CST
Eco one runs on bio-fuels and bio-lubricants has tires made of potatoes and brake pads made of cashew nut shells. The car can run with a speed up to 150mph (241km/h) and will be shown at the Sexy Green Car Show.
Almost everything on the car can be made out of biodegradable or recyclable materials.
I have heard before about two scientists who created a hi-tech material made from carrots which could be used to make warships in the future.
The material, known as Curran, has been developed by Fife-based inventors David Hepworth and Eric Whale and can be made into everything from fishing rods to car parts.
Vegetables not only for vegans? Hmmm…Can I make my Refrigerator from corn?
Can we recycle all vegetables?
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10 responses
@vashstampede992000 (2560)
• Philippines
3 Apr 07
lol if people can make Refrigerator from corn, then i wanna have a house made by water, i mean it must be pure water in liquid form, not solid like ice, no. lol
Well people tend to dicover lots of things make lots of things that we thought that its impossible to do, but then we're just getting surprised by those things so, lets just wait what they will bring up next. hehe
Have a nice day ahead from Francis.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
4 Apr 07
great thinking...I am going to dream about house made from water....
@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
26 Mar 07
that is news to me, i only know about bio diesel for the past few years only, that would be intersting though, what will think of next huh? i invested in some land in kentucky think i can be rich soon? i got 56 acres lol
@RogerTheRabbit (1271)
• Portugal
26 Mar 07
It's great to see that people are trying to make recycling of everything. It's one of the most important thing at the moment. If everyone do recycling we will all benefit. I have heard of houses made only of recycled material but a car is a very impressive thing to do with recycled material.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Mar 07
I am willing to build my new house out of recycle, but I am not sure abiut taxes...lol
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Mar 07
ok, you can invent it and I acn be the first to try ot...
@mr_dean37 (20)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
biodegradable cool recycled materials which can be use as a hard material these can help waste materials be lessen.. hope that these process are not expensive....
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
26 Mar 07
laugh luagh the only way I recycle veggies is in the comode oops.
I know wecan make fuel out of corn but cars? and other material for space ships? I guess anything is possible but to do all this we have to get all our farmers back to rasie all the veggies
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Mar 07
...I think I am going to start my potato farm.....great business....will provide great source for building new cars...lol
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
26 Mar 07
Well, that's amazing. Is the day approaching when we go to the refrigerator, and find it's as bare as Mrs. Hubbard's cupboard, not to worry we can eat the fridge. Where do you find all this interesting stuff?
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Mar 07
The floor mats and spare wheel cover in the Toyota Raum are also made of potatoes. Well to be truthful these are currently made from their Eco-Plastic, which seems to be derived from the starch of of renewable crops like kenaf, sugar cane and corn. But they are investigating sweet potatoes from Indonesia. They absorbs CO2 while growing and can be composted after useful life.
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/automotive/report-81314.html
@michelledarcy (5220)
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26 Mar 07
I wish I had one of these cars. I hate the waste that goes into making cars and how bad for the environment they are. I dont' have a car of my own but I do borrow my ex's for taking the kids around sometimes and I wish there was a more environmentally friendly option (that was also cheap!!).
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@maribea (2366)
• Italy
26 Mar 07
well I know that there are many possibilities...it was just yesterday that I was talking with my father about the fact that oil companies don't want the development of new strategies...it is well known that we could use hydrogen that is water to fuel our cars but there is no interests towards this kind of research...scientists says they can prove that these cars would be safe and that this fuel is not costing very much...my father told me that many years ago they developed a model using pork oil as fuel...there are many possible strategies....but there is no interests...why?
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Mar 07
There is no interest, because oil companies will lose huge profit. Also, with let say electric cars, there is nothing to be malfunction and need to be repair. Car companies are making more money selling parts, than cars.
It is all about money.
