用巧克力当燃料的环保赛车(图)

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                　　用巧克力当燃料的环保赛车
       
       
                　　Researchers from the British university showed off their prize possession
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) energy conference in
Boston。
       
       
                　　Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato
starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top
speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds。
       
       
                　　"She's incredibly green, taking materials that would otherwise have ended
up in a landfill. It lets people engage with recycling without the
finger-wagging," said Kerry Kirwan, one of the car's designers at the
university. Many of the car's components would more usually be found at a
farmer's market -- or in a trash bin, since most of the materials are actually
industrial waste. Among Lola's other unique features is a radiator that converts
ozone back to oxygen。
       
       
                　　As for Where we can get so much chocolate as fuel, leftover chocolate
thrown away each day by a large chocolate company in the United Kingdom can
solve this problem。
       
       
                　　世界首辆以巧克力做燃料的F3赛车日前荣获美国麻省理工学院能源学会大奖。
       
       
                　　报道称，英国华威大学创新制造技术研究中心耗资20万英镑于去年4月研制了这款环保方程式F3赛车。这款赛车所有制造材料均来自蔬菜瓜果及可回收材料，燃料则来自废弃的巧克力和植物油。赛车可以在2.5秒内加速到时速96.5公里，最高时速可达217公里。
       
       
                　　设计师说，这款绿色赛车，告诉人们垃圾桶里的不一定都是废物，人们应该充分地去回收资源;而且，赛车也并非都对环境有害。车上的每个部件原料都可以在农贸市场买到或在垃圾桶里找到。改造后的发动机可以燃烧巧克力或者其它动物油脂。最重要的一点是，赛车可以将产生的臭氧还原成氧气。
       
       
                　　至于哪里可以得到那么多的巧克力给赛车当燃料，英国一家大型巧克力公司每天扔掉的巧克力废料完全可以解决这个问题。