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Saving whales chews diesel.

In 2009 My Clean Sky and Associates was negotiating with Earthrace to provide carbon offset for the vessel's planned 2009/2010 Southern Ocean battle against the Japanese Whaling Fleet with conservation group Sea Shepherd. As it transpired, Earthrace was sold to Sea Shepherd, and the vessel entered the fray in the Southern Ocean wearing Sea Shepherd colours (black). Before My Clean Sky was able to reestablish communication with the new owners the vessel, now renamed Ady Gil, the vessel was ploughed down by a Japanese whaling boat in the Southern Ocean. SHe sank under tow two days later.

		The video shows the collision between the Ady Gil and the Japanese of the between the Japanese vessel Shonan Maru 2. There are two pieces of video footage, one from the Shonan Maru 2 and the other from another Sea Shepherd vessel, the Bob Barker.

The information below was written prior to this event.

Normally, Earthrace uses biodiesel for fuel.

However, for operational reasons, her latest venture can only be undertaken using petroleum diesel which produces 3 kg CO2 per litre.

It is calculated that Earthrace will produce 100 tons of CO2 over the campaign.

My Clean Sky Associates have funded the carbon offset for Earthrace.

City in the Sky. There are 200,000 air passengers flying at any one time Click here to offset your flights >>		.

Earthrace Begins a Sea Shepherd Transformation Ever since it was announced earlier this summer that Earthrace would be joining Sea Shepherd for this year's campaign against Japanese whaling ships, we've been eager for more updates. The 78 foot biodiesel-powered wave-piercing trimaran is a sleek, world-record holder (fastest for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat) that would even draw gadget-envy from James Bond's Q. Back in June, Captain Paul Watson of SS said that he intended to use Earthrace to “intercept and block harpoons”. While that sounds like a feat achievable only in a Michael Bay movie, Earthrace captain Pete Bethune is taking his orders seriously. We recently spoke with the creator of this incredible vessel and how he's getting the boat ready for the harsh Antarctic seas (and potential Japanese encounters). ER: On how the Earthrace is being transformed for its new mission: PB: “We're adding between 8 layers and 4 layers of kevlar, depending on area, all over the underwaterline sections, as well as some areas above the waterline. Earthrace is pretty much all carbon, which is brittle, especially as it gets colder. The kevlar adds impact resistance. It does not make it iceproof, it just limits the damage when we do end up scraping some ice. Earthrace though is quite vulnerable down there, so we will need to be especially carfeul. Antarctica is very unforgiving.” ER: On the use of Earthrace to block harpoons: PB: “Paul must have been pretty excited when he said I'll be blocking harpoons with Earthrace. if they ever hit us with an explosive harpoon it'll be massive damage. but certainly we'll do our best to get in their way. If they hit us it will always be their guy that pulled the trigger — but hopefully things won't come to that.” ER: What types of new technology can we expect Earthrace to sport while going head-to-head with the Japanese ships? The Earthrace. Now in black. A Japanese Whaler.	MY CLEAN SKY ASSOCIATES






















Tail of a humpback whale off Bowen, North Queensland. The more whales killed in the Southern Ocean, the less we have to enjoy in North Queensland. Photo: Tristram Denyer.