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May 16, 2005
How biodiesel REALLY gets done
Seems like everyone (including the President) these days is talking about Biodiesel. Reflecting on the flurry of events even in our little town of Seattle, something very obvious yet profound occured to me. While the politicians are making hay around this issue, it actually takes committed hard working people to DELIVER. I thought I would take a moment to give props to one of our local guys actually bringing biodiesel to the pump.
In the case of the recent Laurelhurst biodiesel pumps, Propel Fuels put the whole thing together. Rob, Mike and their merry band of biodiesel pioneers went out evangelizing the product. They found Laurelhurst Oil and convinced them to take the chance on a new fuel. They organized the station upgrade (even sanding, repainting and rebranding the site) and the distributor to deliver the fuel (from Seattle Biodiesel). They organized a killer grand opening that was covered by both local TV stations and produced a three hour long line of diesels to fuel up. Rob also got Maria Cantwell's people to use the site to launch some new legislation.
Without companies like Propel Fuels, many existing fuel jobbers, distributors, retailers and customers would proably not change. We need more Propel Fuels.
Posted by Martin at May 16, 2005 10:01 PM
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