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Sept 13, 2012 8:40:02 GMT
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Last Edit: Sept 13, 2012 8:40:59 GMT by akku
1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Sept 13, 2012 9:44:59 GMT
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Very impressive car. This car is on the cover of this month's Street Machine (Australia) magazine. The owner claims that it's somehow completely carbon-neutral without using any offset credits, and had it verified as carbon neutral by a special student project with Bond University.
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stealthstylz
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Sept 13, 2012 10:07:18 GMT
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Is that a tasteful modified car from Oz. Didn't think such things could exist. It's beautiful.
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Sept 13, 2012 10:17:19 GMT
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Waveman, yeah, I saw that "carbon neutral" thing elsewhere in reports on the car, its all to do with using all recycled parts and materials in the build and so on. I'm kinda sceptical about carbon neutrality as its typically a bit of a green-wash used by big corporates but I bet a lot of us could show our builds / rebuilds as being "carbon efficient" in that way.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Sept 13, 2012 10:41:50 GMT
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Carbon accounting is funny business. I'm involved in an engineering honours project right now which is about gasifiying and burning rubbish for energy generation. Essentially, burning rubbish is carbon neutral because the CO2 which is released would have been emitted from the landfill site anyway if you didn't burn it, therefore the carbon emissions are associated with the act of buying the products which later became rubbish, rather than the act of burning it. Similarly he would be counting his used parts as carbon neutral because the first owner 'paid for the carbon'. Pretty much the only way to generate carbon is to use fossil fuels, either for energy or embodied in new products. In any case, the cost of shipping a Powerstroke engine and transmission over from the US must have been pretty carbon intensive. Let's admire the results.  |
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Clement
Europe
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Sept 13, 2012 11:41:23 GMT
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I really like the looks of it, but just because he used only used parts doesn't mean the car's carbon-neutral, only the build itself is. And while it's nice to have low carbon emission, pollution is far from being only caused by carbon dioxide, there are many things that go with it which are often found in diesels (and not LPG, for example). Oh and when you want to divide the emissions by two, just divide the horsepower output by two. OK, I still like the looks and all that so I'll stop bitching like a cabron |
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