[Terrapreta] A car that runs on coffee grounds

[Michael Bailes]

This is facinating
Coffee anyone

> The Cafe Racer, a 1975 Chevy Pickup, has been converted to run on an
> onboard gasified motor which can burn most biomass. The gasified motor works
> by pyrolizing carbon based fuel, breaking it down into carbon, water vapor,
> inert gases, and hydrogen, while simultaneously fixing 50%+ of the carbon in
> the original material.
>
"Think of it this way: if you throw a log in a fire, it burns, and all the
> carbon goes up and back into the atmosphere," said Tom Price,
> Environmental Director of Burning Man. "But, pyrolize that same log, and
> you'll get all the hydrogen atoms out, while fixing most of the carbon ones.
> The result: open source, renewable energy."
>
> The recent combination of gasification with Terra Preta Bio Char
> agriculture, the use of soil from the Amazon to reduce carbon emissions,
> gasification has emerged as the only current alternative energy technology
> that can create a carbon negative footprint, though little has been done to
> explore this space. The Café Racer is expected to set the American land
> speed record for a gasified vehicle during its exhibition at Cleantech 2007.
> "We'll probably use coffee grounds as fuel," said Tom.
>
> The exhibition of eco-friendly vehicles at Cleantech 2007 solidifies the
> conference mission of bringing bleeding edge innovations and the scientific
> community behind them to the forefront of the global sustainability forum.
>
Scientific and technical experts at Cleantech 2007 will discuss radical
> advancements upon traditional technologies, cutting-edge pollution-control
> and waste-reduction technologies, and emerging clean business practices.
> Cleantech 2007 will be held in Santa Clara at the Convention Center May 22
> nd and 23rd in 2007.
>
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