03.02.2009 03:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Garbage-powered garbage truck now making its way across merry England

The Brits get all the cool stuff -- Queen Elizabeth II, The Sex Pistols and now a rubbish truck that runs on rubbish (sort of). That's right: up in Hudderfield they've just unleashed a modded three-and-a-half ton Smith Edison Ford Transit garbage truck that tools around, picking up garbage, hauls it to a nearby Energy from Waste power station and recycling center which then burns the 'bage to make electricity for the next day's route. The garbage also produces about 10 megawatts of excess electricity per day which is dumped into the grid for added fun. The truck's got a top speed of about 50 miles per hour, and is appar

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