nigel99 617 #1 November 23, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7109085.stm QuoteThey are taking 2,000 litres (454 gallons) of bio-diesel made from 4,000kg (8,818lb) of chocolate misshapes, the equivalent of 80,000 chocolate bars, to fuel their adventure.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #2 November 23, 2007 Fun but .. <<"I wanted to do something that's carbon neutral. What we have actually done is carbon negative.">> I hardly think so... how much energy was used to harvest, transport, process the original stuff in to Chocolate. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #3 November 23, 2007 THAT is pretty damn awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 November 23, 2007 I recall reading several years ago of some work with an experimental a/c running on alcohol. The alcohol was being distilled from scraps donated from a nearby Hershey plant. The writer noted that the exhaust from the plane had a distinct scent of chocolate in it."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #5 November 23, 2007 Not cool Chocolate is for me, not for cars Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #6 November 23, 2007 HOW DARE THEY ABUSE CHOCOLATE LIKE THAT? GIVE ME MY FRICKIN' CHOCOLATE AND NO-ONE WILL GET HURT!!!!!!!!!! Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 617 #7 November 23, 2007 I think as with all of these things it depends on where your starting point is - regarding how much carbon is used. If your argument is that your "raw material" is chocolate scraps as they are pre-existing then I am sure it helps the maths. It is like the cars that run on compressed air and the like - I think they often select the idealist format for the compressor in their calculations - but in reality the compressor is probably powered by the local coal fired station.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 November 23, 2007 Sure... but they claim to Carbon Negative. There's a technical term for that .... um.... It's bollock (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
