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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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Lotus unveils the world's fastest biofuel-powered car (w/ video)

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...tus-exige-265e

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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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i thought it was cool......
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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that's pretty hot. i actually like the 2 color racing stripes too.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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word to the wise.....If you post a topic tha t no one cares about, don't bump it cause you will look like a loner....j/k
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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normally stripes like that look like ***, but that car looked really hot.

I don't have any speakers at work, so i coudn't hear what he was saying, but boy was he grinning ear to ear the entire drive.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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264HP on biofuel.....







wth mazda!?!?
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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I want one. Who will buy it for me?

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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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Awesome! I want one too.

Interesting that sweden has no tax on bio-ethanol and consequently the price is half that of gas, but the UK has done little to encourage it so far

70% "net reduction" in emissions based on taking credit for the co2 absorption of the crops as they're growing is the claim (with 0-60 in 3.88 secs also claimed for this car)

Could this be viable if the oil companies don't block it? Would the whole of England's lands need to be farming it to meet demand?

I haven't followed the Ethanol vs Hydrogen debates very closely...
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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maybe i am i just am trying to not be a thread fallure like nalin
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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Could this be viable if the oil companies don't block it? Would the whole of England's lands need to be farming it to meet demand?
What most people don't realize is that the ground cannot sustain demand naturally. They must use fertilizer, which uses up about 30% of the energy used to make the crops in the first place. I'm not sure how much of it comes from oil, but they use a lot of natural gas.
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Old Nov 18, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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wowo cool here is the youtube link for the video. the above link did not work for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepS3pBfxfY
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