From Wonka To Timbuktu – Running on Chocolate Biodiesel

by Steve Watkins on January 4, 2008

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While this may sound like something out of a Homer Simpson fantasy sequence a group in the UK just made a journey from the UK to Timbuktu in a truck powered entirely by biodiesel made from chocolate;  or rather the waste chocolate from a manufacturer. 

The expedition will be delivering a biodiesel processing unit to MFC, a Malian charity, which will allow biodiesel to be produced locally form sustainable sources, and the carbon savings from the Malian fuel will help to make this expedition Carbon-Negative, a world first! saving 15 tonnes of carbon emissions in the first year alone.

 

The expedition left the UK on November 26th and arrived in Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa one month later. 

In addition to raising awareness to the benefits of bio-fuels to people in the UK (and elsewhere) Ecotec donated one of their biodiesel production units so that the local women in Mali can use it to re-cycle their used cooking oil into biofuel. 

In addition, all the equipment used for this journey was salvaged from scrap yards and will remain in Mali where it will be put to good use.  This even includes the chocolate powered truck itself. 

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Sparky February 4, 2008 at 2:05 am

Way cool! Who supplied the chocolate?

t3h n1kk4y February 4, 2008 at 11:08 am

Now the only problem will be deciding whether or not to use Nestle`, Hersey or Godiva when you fill up ;)

Genie February 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm

MMmmmmmmm…chocolate…droooool!

TheGoGreenBlog February 5, 2008 at 10:50 am

Awesome post! Super informative. I bet this truck smells delicious when running. Thanks for sharing.

Robert August 26, 2008 at 5:17 am

I’ll bet their exhaust smelled delicious!

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