September 26, 2008
where can i find the best reviews of biodiesel cars?
good old fed government. Click here.
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October 1, 2007
BioBling
now here is someone having fun: BioBling.
Get a biodiesel car, bling it out. Have fun.
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October 31, 2005
Harvesting Clean Energy conference Feb 27-28, 2006 Spokane WA
This is a good one. I will be attending.
Harvesting Clean Energy Conference
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October 12, 2005
Woddy talks Biodiesel
So I'm stuck in Atlanta at the BBI Biofuels Workshop and flipping through the channels cause I can't sleep. There on David Letterman is Woody Harldson giving David a primmer on Biodiesel and how it can save the planet! He points David to his activism web site: Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie's VoiceYourself where you can find all sorts of biodiesel resources. Very cool day for biodiesel.
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May 2, 2005
summer biodiesel events
They are constantly updated here: Green-Trust.Org :: View Forum - Events. Thanks Girlmark for keeping this going!
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April 12, 2005
NorCal biofuels event in Santa Cruz May 20..
This from the NorCal biofuels mail serv...
Hello,
You are invited to participate in the Biofuels Community Conference & Car Show, held in Santa Cruz, CA on May 21-22, 2005.
Our invitation is online at
http://www.biofuel.coop/downloads/invitation.pdf and I've pasted the text below as well.
More to come! Please distribute this. We are gearing up our publicity and outreach campaign, and will be posting our posters, press release, conference agenda, etc. on www.biofuel.coop shortly.
Yours truly,
Alissa & Dave
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BIOFUELS COMMUNITY
CONFERENCE & CAR SHOW
THE TIME: May 21st, 8:00 a.m. to May 22nd, 3:30 p.m.
THE PLACE: University of California, Santa Cruz
THE THEME: The Future of Biofuels
THE PURPOSE:
☼ Showcase successes in the grassroots biofuels community and active biofuels cooperatives ☼ Provide a place for creativity and networking ☼ Educate about sustainable biofuels ☼ Documentation of the biofuels movement ☼ Consider the urgency and issues facing biofuel businesses, workers, and consumers
SOME OUTCOMES:
☼ Specific actions for addressing the needs which the participants believe are vital ☼ A stronger network of people for getting things done
THE HOSTS: Homes On Wheels, Education for Sustainable Living
Program, Santa Cruz
biofuels collective, www.biofuel.coop
THE APPROACH: The event relies upon the active participation of
attendees for
education and action planning. On Saturday and Sunday, we will use a method that enables groups of all sizes to effectively deal with complex issues in short time periods. Expect to work hard and have fun. And expect the unexpected.
We hope to cultivate a festival-like atmosphere with music, circus arts, a biofuels car show, and wholesome food surrounding the conference.
This is a zero waste event. Please feel free to bring your own dishware.
LOGISTICS: Event registration is a suggested donation of $40
per day. No one will be
turned away for a lack of funds. Food will be available for sale from Kresge Community Natural Foods cooperative, and by donation from Homes on Wheels cooperative.
We are coordinating ridesharing to and from the event. Guest housing options may be available. Please RSVP soon to partake in these community services.
Homes On Wheels wishes to make this event accessible to people with disabilities. If you need accommodation, please call SOAR at 459-2934.
TO REGISTER:
Contact Conference Coordinators at conference@biofuel.coop, (831) 454-0343.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
http://www.biofuel.coop
Biofuels Conference
13 Leonardo Lane
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Alissa White, (831) 454-0343, acwhite@ucsc.edu Dave Shaw, daveshaw@biofuel.coop
SEE YOU THERE!
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March 14, 2005
NW biodiesel forum this saturday
At the Phinney Ridge community center. I will be driving the Touareg V10 TDI there! News
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West coast Biodiesel events
thanks Girl Mark for this link. green-trust.org :: View Forum - Events. The list should be updated regularly for these states:
California
Texas
Oregon
Colorado
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March 7, 2005
Presentations from Harvest Clean Energy conference in January
If you scroll through here: Harvesting Conference V Agenda you will find a number of quite informative presentations by many of the leading lights of northwest renewable energy. I am a sucker for all of the stuff still in the university research stages. Read the presentations from the professors first.
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February 7, 2005
Spokane resource for Climate Friendly Farming
Ran across this site over the weekend. Climate Friendly Farming: News. Wend. of this week there is a Oil Seed Crusher Summit in Spokane which many people from the northwest are attending. What the Northwest needs to make B100 a more viable local option is a local crusher. The transportation cost and availability of feedstock is a major impediment to local production in volume. Keep an eye on this place.
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February 1, 2005
Hanging in Ft. Lauderdale with the farmers
Attending the National Biodiesel Board Biodiesel conference this week in Ft. Lauderdale. About 600 were expected. There were 850 pre-registered and over 100 day of show registrations. This business is hot. Some observations:
There are actual customers at the show. Farmers, entrepreneurs, distributors, retailers, large fuel consumers, and more. Actual customers of biodiesel. Companies that want to expand their investment in the business. This is a good sign. Many trade shows I have been to end up being alot of vendors talking to each other wondering where the real customers are. This is not the case here.
Total US Biodiesel production was between 30-35M gallons in 2004. It was roughly flat with 2003 due in large part to the 50% increase in soy prices during the year. The effects of the Soy price shock were somewhat blunted by the petrol price rises at the same time.
Everyone I talked to is quite optimistic about 2005. Primarilly due to the blender tax incentives. I personally talked to producers who had projects in the works which would produce over 150M gallons a year of new biodiesel (some internationally).
The most interesting biodiesel production opportunities continue to be overseas where the price of #2 Diesel remains high. Hawaii is a special case where Pacific Biofuels is able to undercut petrodiesel with their waste vegitable oil biodiesel. Since they produce biodiesel locally and #2 Diesel must be imported, they are able to sell Biodiesel at the pump for around $2.40/gallon while #2 diesel is aroudn $2.70. With those economics stateside, B100 life would be a reality!
A little noticed side note to the show is that the water bus that runs along the inland waterway here in Ft. Lauderdale is BioDiesel. Not mentioned at the show, but I got that when going out to dinne yesterday.
The Jeep Liberty CRD was here on the showroom floor. It has much more room inside than it looks. And very solidly built. When inside you can't hear any of the outside noises. The company is offering rides today and I will compare it to the Touareg!
Well off to day 2
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