Sunday was a gorgeous spring day, but Laura had to work, and so I took the gang out on little road trip to the Biofuels Coop in Chatham County. When we got there, Lyle was just showing a group of people around the farm and the biodiesel production. While the kids were chasing a goat […]

Have you fixed your bicycle yet? The end is near! The end of cheap gas, that is. More and more people are acknowledging that peak oil is indeed upon us, possibly in the next few years. That means that just as fossil fuel consumption is skyrocketing, we may be hitting the top of the Hubbert […]

The U.S. Navy is the world’s largest user of diesel equipment. Now they are making a commitment to using biodiesel: Beginning June 1, 2005 all U.S. Navy and Marine non-tactical diesel vehicles will be required to operate on a B20 (20 percent) biodiesel blend as part of the military’s efforts to increase their use of […]

These guys: Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems, sell a $800 conversion kit to turn a diesel vehicle into a greasecar that runs of pure vegetable oil! Makes a lot of sense – after all the original Diesel engine was designed to run on peanut oil. Burning veggie oil dramatically reduces emissions, and uses a renewable resource. […]

Looks pretty good …. … and runs on vegetable oil (20 percent, for now).