A Biodiesel Boat

Filed in archive Edge Technology on August 11, 2006

I know there are Biofuel cars running around town. Try to go to the marina and see if you can find a biofuel-boat. Chances are you won't. Not unless you head to New Zealand and talk to Pete Bethune.

Pete is a 41 year old oil engineer and founder of a tech company that developed the first biodiesel boat. Christened the Earthrace, the 78-foot, high-tech, silver-colored, three-hulled craft, made mostly of carbon composite keeps calling Pete. It is designed to slice through the waters giving a smoother ride and allowing the boat to run at higher speeds even in rough waters.

Pete thinks it is the coolest boat it the world. Do you agree?

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Response from: David McBurnett (09/15/06 5:09pm)

Love it

Response from: Canal holidays (01/13/08 9:22pm)

Well, i do agree that this boat sounds like a god one. But in my moat holidays i most have seen better... and i've seen loads, trust me, in my canal')" rel="nofollow">http://www.hireacanalboat.co.uk/canals.html">canal
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