London, August 21 : Two British men are gearing up to try to beat the world land-speed record of 116mph for a wind-powered vehicle.
Eco-entrepreneur Dale Vince and engineer Richard Jenkins, already in Australia preparing their attempt on the record, have revealed that their British-designed and built craft called Greenbird is carbon-neutral.
The pair said that they were following in the footsteps of Donald Campbell, who used several cars and boats named Bluebird to break speed records.
"Campbell did it with the prevalent fuel of the day - we''re doing it with the prevalent fuel of tomorrow," the BBC quoted Vince as saying.