South Pole highway drive will show viability of alternative fuels: group

[jpak]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/30/asia/AS-GEN-Antarctica-Polar-Road.php

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A U.S. team plans to drive from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole later this year to demonstrate the viability of alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels, a spokesman said Monday.

The 1,000 mile (1,600 kilometer) journey to the South Pole will take 10 days using alternative fuel vehicles driven along a U.S.-developed ice highway, said Nick Baggarly, executive director of the "Zero South" expedition.

The expedition would "demonstrate the viability of these energy alternatives," Baggarly said, without specifying what types of alternative energy sources the group plans to use.

Zero South is one of the expeditions organized by Drive Around the World, a registered non-profit group, which Baggarly describes as "a creative response to what may be the most important issue that humanity has ever faced," protecting the environment.

<more>