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Topic: Awesome coffee-powered car sets speed record!

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OP - March 20, 2013, 10:19 PM

Gotta love this: Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record

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Coffee: Is there anything it can’t do?

In addition to providing a morning energy boost for millions of undercaffeinated people and reportedly helping lower stroke risks, it can also be used to fuel a Guinness World Record–breaking car, as a British conservationist discovered.

Martin Bacon, 42, converted a Ford pickup truck into Coffee Car Mark 2 — the world’s fastest coffee-powered vehicle. Bacon installed a charcoal stove on the car, which breaks down coffee-bean chaff (a by-product of the roasting process) into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The gas is cooled and filtered, and the hydrogen is used to power a modified gasoline engine. The coffee car hit a top speed of 65 m.p.h. in the presence of a Guinness adjudicator at Woodford Airfield in Manchester, England, on Feb. 19.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RFvZnbpHk&feature=player_embedded

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Reply #1 - March 20, 2013, 10:25 PM

Bacon discovers the power of coffee to produce gas....Interesting...
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Reply #2 - March 20, 2013, 11:59 PM

Random thought: will the emissions smell of coffee? If so, will breathing them act as a stimulant on our bodies?
Imagine a city full of coffee fumes.

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