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Sunday, March 03, 2013

Coffee-Powered Car Hits 65.5 MPH

Popsci: A car that runs on coffee has set a Guinness land speed record for, well, cars that run on coffee. The Bean Machine hit a verified top speed of 65.5 mph on an airport in the U.K. The process is called gasification and works with just about any carbon-based substance. Coal-powered vehicles were common during World War II and the Bean Machine can also run on wood pellets.

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Wood pellets would probably be more economical than coffee bean pellets (IMHO) -path

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It was all hopped up on the caffeine!

#1 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-28 01:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

Wasn't that in a Burt Reynolds movie?

"Bean machine! Bean machine! Bean machine!"

#2 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-02-28 01:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

So, traffic smells like Starbucks, now. I can see the coffee pumps outside their places. Fill up you and the car.

If there are any of those restaurant grease cars around too.. coffee and french fries.

Interesting idea if it would work, the distance record so far is 200 miles.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-28 02:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

That ain't nothing. My wife said I could power a rocket to the moon on beans, so there pffft.

#4 | Posted by Daniel at 2013-02-28 03:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Damn, first they drive up the price of corn and now they are going after my coffee! :)

#5 | Posted by MSgt at 2013-03-03 11:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

If they used Starbucks it would go 75. Cuban coffee would make it go 100.

#6 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 12:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

If they used the coffee my mother-in-law brews it would break the sound barrier.

#7 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2013-03-03 01:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Big deal. My morning coffee makes me "go" faster than that.

#8 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 01:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

At last a good use for starbucks crap!

#9 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-03 04:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Starbucks is fine but forget about McDs coffee since its not boiling any more.

#10 | Posted by reitze at 2013-03-03 07:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Aren't carbon based units wonderful?

#11 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-03-03 07:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'll bet it eventually gets "ground" to a stop.

#12 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-04 11:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

They found something that cost more than gas...Starbucks!

#13 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-04 11:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Coal-powered vehicles were common during World War II"

WHERE?

#14 | Posted by Sniper at 2013-03-04 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

It was all hopped up on the caffeine!

#1

I wonder how fast a meth fueled car would go...

#15 | Posted by Portside at 2013-03-04 03:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

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