I admire the zeal that people have when it comes to setting new records. But really, is this necessary? I would be more interested in seeing them build a "car" that uses sunlight to recharge and then gets mom around town dropping off and picking up kids, buying groceries and running miscellaneous errands. I think momentum and mass were overlooked when I want to get this thing to the grocery store. Besides where do i park it.

There must be something special about this polyethylene. The process of drawing out fibers that have molecular directionality has already been done with Spectra® Fiber. I never considered using the stuff as a heat sink. There must be something special with their treatment.