Chocolate fueled truck to Timbuktu
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Two British adventurers have set off on a journey across Europe to west Africa in a lorry powered by chocolate.
Andy Pag, of London, and his co-driver John Grimshaw, of Poole in Dorset, were leaving Mr Grimshaw's home town on a cross channel ferry on Friday.
They are travelling in a Ford Iveco Cargo lorry powered by fuel that began life as chocolate, in a bid to raise awareness of green fuels.
The 4,500 mile (7250km) trip across the Sahara should take about three weeks.
The pair will take a small processing unit with them to convert waste oil products into fuel, which they will then donate to an African charity, along with the lorry.
With full acknowledgement to the BBC for this story, you can follow progress here:
