Eco-rally shows off future fuels – wine, cheese, and sewage

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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/ecorally-shows-off-future-fuels-ndash-wine-cheese-and-sewage-2329182.html

A sports car that runs on fuel made from cheese or wine, another that can run for more than 200 miles on a 10-minute charge of electricity, and a "Bio-Bug" powered by gas from sewage are among 20 vehicles of the future taking part in an eco-rally today.

Starting at Oxford this morning, the cars were due to make a two hour pit stop at the Building Research Establishment Innovation Park in Watford – allowing electric powered vehicles to recharge before continuing to The Mall in central London.

Now in its fifth year, the rally, sponsored by Bridgestone tyres and organised in association with the Prince of Wales's environmental initiative, Start, is designed to showcase low- and zero-emission vehicles.

Road transport accounts for almost a quarter of Britain's carbon dioxide emissions. While electric cars still cost more than their petrol rivals, a recent study by the Department of Energy and Climate Change claimed that the costs can be balanced out in the long run because electric cars are far cheaper to run. In a bid to promote electric cars earlier this year, the Government approved the construction of 11,000 charging points over the next 18 months, siting them in supermarkets, streets and car parks at a cost of £400m.

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1. I would rather consume....

the wine and cheese, than give it to my car. The sewage, it can have.