Arnold
Schwarzenegger
had
his
1965
Chevy
installed
with
an
environmentally
friendly
800
horsepower
engine
that
runs
on
biodiesel
fuel,
on
MTV's
'Pimp
My
Ride'.
The
episode
-
which
aired
in
the
US
yesterday
to
coincide
with
Earth
Day
celebrations
-
shows
mechanics
converting
the
1965
Chevrolet
Impala,
by
installing
a
new
engine
which
cuts
the
car's
emissions
of
greenhouse
gases
by
50
per
cent.
Schwarzenegger
said:
"We
take
this
cool
show
and
they
did
something,
and
added
something
that
was
environmentally
hip." Although
biodiesel
is
considered
cleaner
than
gasoline,
most
scientists
and
environmentalists
still
favour
more
fuel-efficient
vehicles.
Patricia
Monahan,
deputy
director
of
the
clean
vehicles
programme
with
the
Union
of
Concerned
Scientists,
said:
"At
the
end
of
the
day,
if
we're
going
to
switch
from
guzzling
gasoline
to
guzzling
alcohol,
we're
not
going
to
solve
our
climate
problems."
Schwarzenegger
was
criticised
when
he
ran
for
California
governor
in
2003
for
popularising
Hummer
vehicles
-
which
guzzle
copious
amounts
of
regular
fuel.
The
'Terminator'
actor
has
since
reduced
his
Hummer
fleet
to
four,
two
of
which
he
says
have
since
been
converted
to
run
on
alternative
fuels.
One
runs
on
hydrogen
and
the
other
on
biofuel.
Kidding?'
"