Teesdale Conservation Volunteers create coffee-fuelled car
The western world is becoming increasingly conscious of its environmental impact on the planet and many of us in the UK are also bemoaning the hike in petrol prices which makes running a car so much more expensive.
The Teesdale Conservation Volunteers have come up with a solution to the problem, which addresses these twin concerns in a new and novel way. What is it? Unusually, the environmentally-conscious inventors have created a car which is fuelled on coffee (yes, that’s right, I did say ‘coffee’) and are planning to smash a new speed record next week.
The group of ingenious creators want to stress that cars can be powered by organic material. They have had experience in creating a coffee-fuelled car in the past, but want to make a point: green cars do not mean that the driver has to compromise overly in terms of speed. The use of organic matter to fuel cars (particularly popular during the Second World War) has traditionally had a reputation for restricting speed.
The local press, Darlington and Stockton Times, was told by the head of the Teesdale Conservation Volunteers that they are expecting their coffee-guzzling invention to reach no less than 80 miles per hour, which would be a very respectable speed.
The car that has been developed for the experiment is an old Rover SD1 3500, which dates back to the Seventies and cost £250. If the car performs well and impresses reviewers next week, where will this take car-fuel options in the future?