Cow poop is a leading contributor of nitrous oxide and ammonia into the atmosphere, adding heartily to global warming. Cars, as we all know, provide their own fair share of noxious fumes to the environment. But a British team of engineers and racers is working on a way to kill two birds with one stone (metaphorically of course) by developing a race car that can run on cow poop.

Realizing that most technology found in our daily drivers was often first developed for the race track, Oaktec has announced plans to develop a manure-powered rally car, giving all new meaning to the phrase “This car runs like crap!” [ed. note: cow farts and burps contribute far more GHGs than poop, but hey, you gotta start somewhere]

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Greeks are not to be considered as the most environmental conscious citizens of this planet but rules are made to be broken. Over the last couple of months more and more environmental friendly, or green if you will, commercials air on Greek radio stations. Greeks are now bombarded with commercials about new hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic, but if you thought that was it, you were wrong.

There are commercials evangelizing detergent’s and packaging superiority for products like SKIP and bottled water Korpi. According to a commercial, lowering the laundry’s temperature to 30C not only saves energy but also keeps clothes clean because of SKIP’s ability to dilute in cold water. Bottled water Korpi commercial claims that due to bottle redesign, the company managed to reduced plastic usage by 10% per bottle, a fact that enabled the company to sell 6 million less bottles, according to Korpi’s annual sales figures.

Whether such claims are hyped or not, is left to be seen. What really matters is that companies and marketing specialists realize and see the critical mass of eco-friendly Greeks out there.