Wind powered Lotus!

delands · Post by **delands** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:36 pm

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A sports car plant plans to become self-sufficient in energy by building a wind farm on its site.
Lotus cars has applied for planning permission for three turbines at its factory in Hethel, in partnership with Ecotricity.
Lotus said the aim was to "minimise its carbon emissions and become genuinely green in its energy supply."

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Mr Momo · Post by **Mr Momo** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:15 pm

Biofuel (E85) Exige and Elise next please

cough - 265 bhp - cough

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:49 pm

Only sold in 5 morrisons stores at the moment though

Allows higher comp ratios due to higher octane, but you need more fuel as it needs to run v. rich but it is 85p a litre ATM

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:12 pm

I still see biofuel as the ideal succesor to oil/petrol, with government help instead if hinderance it would be a lot cheaper to buy and produce.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:46 pm

kenny wrote:I still see biofuel as the ideal succesor to oil/petrol, with government help instead if hinderance it would be a lot cheaper to buy and produce.

fat chance with this lot in power and the rest for that matter. Green is good. Fuel is bad. Cars are bad. In fact stop moving about altogether, it's better for the environment*

Bio fuel is great, but I suspect without proper support it will go the way of LPG, good idea but so slowly rolled out and pushing the setup costs onto the user. Any decent engine (OK I admit the k would probably just pop) with a proper map could be made to run on it, or at least a blend of 50/50 or similar so get it made law to have the option on new cars, get the fuel rolled out nationally and keep the tax off it!

*Disclaimer: this statement is unsupported by any definitive evidence and may proved to be utterly bollocks, but we choose to think of it as correct so you stuck with it.