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Mention alternative fuels to most people, and they are likely to think of ethanol-spiked biodiesel and perhaps cooking oil—unless they're Andy Pag and John Grimshaw. The British environmentalists drove a truck fueled by chocolate some 4,500 miles (3,600 kilometers) across Europe and Africa. Their purpose, they told reporters, was to raise awareness of "green" fuels and the dangers of climate change. "I wanted to do something that's carbon-neutral," Pag told the BBC. "What we [are doing] is actually carbon-negative."...
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