Presenter begins coffee car road trip
The carbon-free motor has been built from scrap for Stansfield's cross-country trip
A BBC TV presenter has begun a cross-country road trip in a car powered by 10,000 high-strength espressos to draw attention to the need for new energy sources.
Jem Stansfield, who is perhaps best known for his work on BBC1's Bang Goes The Theory show, will begin his caffeine-fuelled trip at BBC TV Centre in west London in the special car, which has been modified to run off the flammable gases produced from ground espresso coffee.
The inventive presenter said the trip had been organised to educate the next generation of budding environmentalists to think carefully about the need for new energy sources to solve the world's energy crisis and to get children thinking about where energy comes from.
"Everyone recognises that coffee can give a person a bit of a boost, but many probably had no idea it had enough energy locked away to power a car.
"It's important for kids to understand that power is not something that is mystically there, simply at the flick of a switch or by pushing a pedal.
"With the energy challenge that is facing the world, the more we encourage children to think about alternative fuels, where energy is stored and how it can be released, the better."
A party of 5,000 children will be on site at the finishing line in Manchester to congratulate Stansfield on his journey, which will be broadcast as part of a new series of the hit science show.
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Interesting project...
Wow, a caffeine powered car? It looks that we may have more in common with cars that we ever suspected. But that's not the point here. This awareness initiative certainly was a success, it got my attention as soon as I learned about it, I figure that others think just the same.
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