Eco One Sports Car Made from Salad


	Eco One Sports Car Made from Salad

michellezm

7-29-2007 7:34 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/404a99ca-e35e-4bab-acac-06ee511bd399/7ADC1B63-FE82-43E5-9DB4-27CEEF7E2DC0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php" href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php" style="font-size: 11px;">gizmodo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gizmodo.com/img/337DD54D-FDE1-4ED8-B097-B29323A455C9" alt="recipe250707_800x448.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gizmodo.com/img/BC7C922F-BC92-484D-B7E4-28A3C28FB908" alt="ecocarDM_468x348.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php">This is the <A href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/eco-one/" title="Posts tagged as eco one" class="tagautolink">Eco One</A>, a one-seater sports car that is green in more ways that you would imagine. Not only does it run on wheat and sugar beets at 150 mph, going from 0 to 62 mph in less than four seconds, but the bill of materials looks like a salad: potatoes, cashew nut shells, rape seed oil and hemp. Check the complete recipe in the big side photo after the jump.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php"><P>Eco One is 95 percent biodegradable or recyclable, although its steering-wheel, seat and electrics comprise conventional materials. All of the plastic components were made from plants, while the chassis is made from steel, an easily reusable metal. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php">The $41,000 car sports car, built by student Ben King from a design by Dr Kerry Kirwan, a researcher at the Warwick Manufacturing Group, uses an engine from a Triumph Daytona motorbike. He built the <A href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/eco/" title="Posts tagged as eco" class="tagautolink">Eco</A> One in two months.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/green-machine/eco-one-sports-car-races-at-150-mph-made-from-salad-282633.php"><P>If you're in London over the summer, the car will be on show at the National Science Museum from August 28-30. 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