A vehicle for liberals

Telegraph:

Two Britons are preparing an attempt to break the world speed record for a wind-powered vehicle.

Dale Vince and Richard Jenkins hope to beat the current record of 116.7mph on their wind-powered craft The Greenbird on the salt flats of Australia's Lake Lefroy.

They describe Greenbird as "a highly-evolved vehicle" that uses a combination of technology found on aircraft and Formula 1 cars to achieve "staggering" speeds without engine power.

The chosen name is a nod to Donald Campbell's Bluebird, a fuel-powered car which achieved record speeds in the 60s.

Mr Vince, managing director of environmental energy firm Ecotricity, said: "We are coming to the end of the age of fossil fuels and the dawn of the age of renewables and The Greenbird symbolises this historical watershed better than anything else."

He added: "Cars of the future won't be running on fossil fuels they will be running on renewable sources of energy like the wind.

"And with today's technology we can achieve incredible speeds, using only wind power."

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But there is this problem:

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"After 10 years I now have the right vehicle, in the right part of the world with the right team in support. We now just need the weather to cooperate."

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So it appears if you live near a salt flat and have the right weather this transportation may get you there.

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