This blog is for students enrolled in DSID 130 Sustainable Design in the Fall 2011. Enter at least two blogposts per week about sustainability. It can be anything that you read, hear, or see. You can add links, photos, and please write up a one or two sentence description of what makes it such a compelling entry. Build, share, learn. This is what begins to make you an active and life long learner!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Student-Built Biofuel Truck Breaks World Land Speed Record at 155 MPH! Read more: Student-Built Biofuel Truck Breaks World's Land Speed Record at 155 MPH!
These students from Boise set out to break the biofuel vehicle land speed record and thats exactly what they did. The truck is powered by a large i6 diesel engine that has been converted to run a mixture of cottonseed and sunflower oil. The team hopes to break 200 mph by fueling the vehicle with canola oil instead.
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