"Powered by chocolate.  Steered by carrots."  That's the humorous tagline for WorldFirst Racing, the first-ever "green" racing car. 

WorldFirst is a F3 car/team.  You can think of Formula 3 as being Single- or Double-A level in baseball's minor leagues, if you'd like: a major step in a pro career, but no guarantee of making the majors.  Anyway, the car is made up of either recycled materials, such as the body (recycled carbon fiber... ever wonder what happened to wrecked F1 cars?), or organic stuff (the steering wheel is made out of a polymer derived from carrots and other root veggies).  The engine is is a 2 liter turbodiesel, fueled by biodiesel.  The front wing endplates are made out of potato starch and flax fiber.  Heck, even the radiators are coated with a substance that "converts ozone to oxygen".

So, maybe not the "edible racer" that some suggested, but still a pretty good start.

A helluva lot better than the stupid Honda Earthdream car...

Yes, that's Jenson Button in the cockpit.  Yes, I'm sure he'd rather we forgot about that year...

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