Midwestern Environmentalism

Very interesting.  Hopefully this technology has more value than just its initial novelty.

Chocolate-powered 145mph racing car made of vegetables

“Designers hope the environmentally-friendly technology used in their car will be adopted by Formula 1 teams such as McLaren and world champions Ferrari.
The car, named ecoF3, has a steering wheel made of carrots, a body made of potatoes and a seat made of soybeans.
It uses plant-oil based lubricants and a biodiesel engine capable of running on chocolate and vegetable oil.”