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Race Boat Fueled with Owner’s Body Fat

Date: 06-10-2008
Type: news brief
Categories: Health & Wellness / Sustainability
Source: EcoGeek
Organization:
EcoGeek

The Earthrace is a high-tech speedcraft on its way to breaking the round-the-world speed record. Hell-bent on creating a net-zero carbon footprint to prove that earth-friendly high-power boats are possible, the 24 meter boat is lubricated with vegetable oils, the bedding foams are made from canola oils, and the crew sups on organic and local foods as they race around the world, trying to beat the 75 day record set 10 years ago. And the Earthrace is run, in part, on human fat.

Learn more about the Earthrace here. 

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