Coconut Seatbacks With Pineapple Trim

edmund's inside line reports that Brazilian scientists are using pineapples, bananas, coconuts and other tropical fruits to make a new generation of automotive plastics that are stronger, lighter and more eco-friendly than traditional petroleum-based plastics. You can expect to see fruit plastic in cars in about two years. The plastics are also supposed to be more resistant to damage from heat, spilled gasoline, water and oxygen.

We just want to know how you go car camping in bear country with a car made of fruit.