A look a a new ECO Elise-Lean-Speedy and Green

[MHKflyer52]

http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/eco-elise-concept-lean-speedy-and-green.aspx

 

Just though some of you might find this interesting......hemp.....as a composite.....:driving: :seeya:

[7evin]

Hemp is the standard fiber of the world. It has great tensile strength and durability. It is used to produce more than 5,000 textile products, ranging from rope to fine laces, and the woody "hurds" remaining after the fiber has been removed contain more than seventy-seven per cent cellulose, and can be used to produce more than 25,000 products, ranging from dynamite to Cellophane. I contacted numerous people in Canada about using body panels made from a composite of hemp matting impregnated with a resin based on rapeseed oil.

I was convinced and still am that it is the way to go. We just ran out of time to get the car ready for the One Lap.

Henry Ford had this idea long before us.....

But even being the industrial and financial titan that he was, the power that be were not going to let that happen.

Henry Ford demonstrated that the plant hemp could be transformed into a lightweight material stronger than steel. The perfect material for car bodies. Who needs steel?

 

Maybe the guys who owned all the iron ore and coal fields (the Rockefeller syndicate) needed steel which is why for decades this simple technological possibility has been denied to us.

Maybe if I can get in touch with the right people we could get them to sponser the panels

for the car.... I'm sure that that would make the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) happy. I might just want to mount some gattling guns on it while I'm at it....

 

We are looking at tires for the next racing season that are made with orange peel to lighten our foot print even more.

That will probably be easier.... I don't think any one has heartburn about orange peels...

 

Good one Martin. I like the look they have for the car.

 

Cheer

7evin

Edited September 11, 2009 by 7evin

[scannon]

Very impressive effort on the part of Lotus, I hope it works out and they put it into production. I think Chapman would be proud of where his company is headed these days.

[southwind25]

The interior is neat as well, using wool instead of leather! i never liked leather or vinyl seats..always prefered cloth. perhaps we can go back to horsehair as well? wonder if the wool is itchy?

So grey seats from grey sheep.

i would prefer black sheep in my se7en.

 

It would be great to see more of this type of efforts out there!

 

((hmmm.. i have seen people grow square pumpkins in clear square boxes...

if i made a clear lotus 7 shell, and grew a pumpkin inside it, i could have an orange eco friendly lotus 7.))

 

Sincerly, i hope that industries keep seeking out green solutions, that are also not eco disasters in the process of trying to be green.

I would be happy to tune my webers to burn eco-fuels if needed. I would also consider a cat converter in place of my muffler, if i could find one that would work in it's place that didnt choke the x-flow.

 

Sidenote: As sailboat sailors, we do our best to be eco-friendly.. we have allot of fun powered by the wind and solar cells. Over the course of the summer (10-12 sailing weekends) we use a total of 10 gallons of gas.

 

7evin, have to ask...so if you have tires made with orange peel.. and you spin the tires upon acceleration, does that give a new meaning to "peel out"?