Greenbird
The Ecotricity Greenbird is a wind-powered vehicle that broke the land speed record for the fastest wind-powered vehicle at the dry Ivanpah Lake on March 26, 2009. It was built by the British engineer Richard Jenkins. The Greenbird reached a peak speed of 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h).
Construction
The Greenbird is a land yacht that is described as being "a very high performance sailboat". It uses a rigid vertical wing, instead of the conventional sail, to generate thrust, in the same manner that the wing of an aeroplane generates lift. The only metal in the vehicle is in the wheels and the wing bearings; the remainder is made of carbon composite materials. The yacht weighs about six hundred kilograms. According to Jenkins, the light weight and aerodynamic shape of the vehicle allows it to attain speeds three to five times faster than the speed of the wind. The Greenbird is the fifth in a series of wind-powered land vehicles that Jenkins had constructed in his efforts to break the speed record. Jenkins said he had been trying to break the record for the past ten years in different locations, such as Australia, Britain, and the United States, but weather conditions were not suitable for him to reach maximum speeds.
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Cornbread
by: Dave Matthews BandDancing with the devil 'round a fire
(mess your) mama bed for a little more magic
make you wanna run around naked
cause you know it looks good on you
but you ain't never had my corn bread
a little bit heaven and a little bit of uh huh
cut it down the middle open wide and jump right in
(ya'll gots) to give you love
and jump off from the darkness (of)
and the best one up the light you dark
cause the joy is steeped in sin
the old man, he come running 'round here looking for the sinner who took his baby
and i'm gonna tell you that it was me and the joy was steeped in sin
it soars inside
my soul before you
all the innocence is well and vile
oh and so the darkness lullaby
the innocence will make you whine/wise/wild
dancing with the devil round a fire
(mess your) mama bed for a little more magic
make you wanna run around naked
cause you know it looks good on you
but you ain't never had my corn bread
a little bit heaven and a little bit of hell yeah
cut it down the middle open wide and jump right in
oh no no, I'm taking a chance
gonna get caught
running out of town because they make me mad
the joy is steeped in sin
preacher man said you watch you vault
but behind that curtain he's getting it all get
what he want the children calls the joy is steeped in sin
it soars inside my soul because of you
all the innocence just makes me wild
all fine as ohhh ???
it's all inside i think
going over there
you love that we want make to better
what please tell me friend
this love I do pretend
is one is better than the other
[scatting]
dancing with the devil round a fire
(mess your) mama bed for a little more magic
make you wanna run around naked
cause you know it looks good on you
but you ain't never had my corn bread
a little bit heaven and a little bit of uh huh
cut it down the middle open wide and jump right in
it soars inside the dark for me
all the innocence will make you lie
all will laugh ???
it's got me now
it's all inside...
it's all inside you...
it's all inside
make you happy baby
it's all inside you
it's all inside you
what you need to make you happy
it's all inside your head
it's all inside your head
what you need to make you happy
it's all inside your head
it's all inside your head