Chocolate Biodiesel
Chocolate Biodiesel Truck
I wanted to follow up on my recent post about Cadbury Chocolate promoting ethical, fair trade eco cocoa production.
The vehicle pictured above was driven from England to Timbuktu in Mali, Africa. The “petrolheads” were delivering biodiesel making equipment to MFC, a local charity.
From the trip blog:
Adventures Andy Pag (34) and John Grimshaw (39) have just returned from the 8500km drive from the UK to Timbuktu using Biodiesel made from waste chocolate.
The petrolheads from London and Dorset delivered a biodiesel processing unit to MFC, a local charity. Independent analysts Carbon Aided estimate that the net effect of the expedition will actually save 15 tonnes of carbon emissions making this the first ever Carbon Negative expedition.
Along the way the boys had to battle with sand storms, corrupt customs officers and narrowly escaped a shoot out with Al-Qaeda.
Their journey wasn’t made easier by their choice of vehicles, all rescued from scrap yards. “We are always being told that to be green you have to buy the latest gadget”, explains Grimshaw “but I don’t think we should be so quick to throw things away. There’s still plenty of life in these old trucks” More here
Via: Xeni/BoingBoing, Cat Laine’s Twitter stream
March 5th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Hello Guru, what entice you to post an article. This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last night.