There seem to be no limits as to what coffee can do. Not only can it be used to get you going in the morning, it might do the same for your car! It seems a team of engineers has been working for quite some years on coffee-geared cars. They use coffee chaff pellets, a waste product from coffee production, in a process called gasification: by adding oxygen to the coffee pellets, and heating this mix to over 700 degrees C, a fuel called syngas is formed. This consists of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane, and can be used by a normal internal combustion engine. Using this process, they set a world speed record on February 19, reaching no less than 65.5 mph. Who knows, in the future you might not just make yourself a cuppa in the morning, but also one for your car. In the mean time, you can check out the coffee car's own website to keep updated on the progress.
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9/4/2013 12:07:06 am
I like coffee,and I drink a cup of coffee in the moring ,sometimes.I can't drink too much , it is harmful to my stomachache. I also want to know how the coffee is made. I saw your video in Xingzhe. It is very beautiful where the coffee is planted and it is similar with tibet.
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candida
24/4/2013 12:41:39 am
That would be revolutinair!
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