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Unbelievable!! Cow Excreta Used To Power Vehicles.. Sets World Record by Jayjezey: 6:51pm On May 29, 2015
The same bus model that typically transports
residents of Reading, England, around the
city recently set a land speed record. The bus
topped out at 76.785 mph as it rounded the
track at Millbrook Proving Ground in
Bedfordshire. UPI has more: The kicker is —
the bus is powered by cow poo or, more
accurately, bovine manure-derived
biomethane. In honor of its fecal fuel source,
the bus is painted in black and white spots
(like a cow). Bus Hound was built by
Reading Buses, a transportation company in
Southern England. The company’s fleet
features vehicles that normally don’t break
56 mph.
The code name for the bus itself is Bus
Hound,” the company explains on its website,
“which is a homage to the Bloodhound SSC
team who are attempting to go slightly faster
than us in breaking the actual land speed
record — at 1000 mph.” Those who were at
the track when the record was set were
struck by the sights and sounds.
“It was an impressive sight as it swept by on
the track,” John Bickerton, chief engineer for
Reading Buses, told the BBC. “It sounded like
a Vulcan bomber — the aerodynamics aren’t
designed for going 80 mph.” The record-
setting feat was part of an attempt to shine a
positive light on bus transportation and the
use of methane fuels.

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Re: Unbelievable!! Cow Excreta Used To Power Vehicles.. Sets World Record by Hishowlau(m): 6:53pm On May 29, 2015
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Re: Unbelievable!! Cow Excreta Used To Power Vehicles.. Sets World Record by sultaan(m): 7:09pm On May 29, 2015
How do you come up with this bull turf story?

It is one thing to run a vehicle on methane sourced from decomposition and another to make it sound like it was actually shoved into the tank.

There are better thing to look out for online like the next generation of Prius,Volt, and Tesla

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