Residents of Santa Cruz looking for an alternative vehicle fuel now have a local source. A USA gas station is the first in the city to offer biodiesel to its customers.The station is selling the fuel for $3.15 a gallon.
I just filled up there yesterday for $3.21/gallon, will post a photo soon. This is such excellent news!
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Hey,
ReplyDeleteThere is also fueling station in Ben lomond. Its a local feed store, selling non-soy bio-diesel. Check it out if you havent been!
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteJatropha plant information can be found from India's Leading Bio Fuel Consulting Company lead by Dr. Paul a research scientist and consultant. website Address: Http://www.jatrophaplantsource.com
ReplyDeleteOK, so running 50% biodiesel may attract some attention. This morning while on my way to work (2.5 NA diesel not fully warmed up) our local city police decided that they needed to pull me over for "excessive smoke." I explained that it was a diesel, falling into the light truck category, grandfathered because of age of the vehicle and operating on biodiesel. The officer, not appreciating of all of my responses and enviromental focus, decided that he would write a ticket anyway; must have been the smell of donuts coming from my exhaust.
ReplyDeleteWe also now have a biodiesel pump in Sausalito. More here:
ReplyDeletehttp://inertiafuels.blogspot.com/
The Earthrace team is headed for California. The innovative boat design is fueled by 100% bio diesel - a mix of canola, rape and soy oils. Their goal is to raise funds to support their March 2007 quest to circumnavigate the globe in a record time of 65 days, 10 less than the standing record on standard fuel.
ReplyDeleteSee remarkes by skipper Pete Bethune.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for providing such a useful blog for Biodiesel!
While various feedstock are being tried out for Biodiesel, algae represent one of the most promising feedstock owing to its yields and to the fact that it can grow in most places where there is sunshine and water! However, there are few web resources that provide dedicated information to research and explorations on Biodiesel from algae. We hence started the site Oilgae ( www.oilgae.com ) a few months ago to bridge this gap.
I co-ordinate this site Oilgae, which tries to provide a meeting place for discussions and resources-sharing for Biodiesel production from algae. The site also features a blog for algal biodiesel.
We have been able to aggregate a good amount of content and web resources and hope to evolve the site to be one of the catalysts in evolving sustainable production of Biodiesel from algae.
I would be grateful if you could review the web site and provide your valuable feedback.
I was also wondering if you could consider providing a link to Oilgae from your weblog since that would enable a number of Biodiesel enthusiasts to review and provide inputs to Oilgae.com .
I look forward to your valuable feedback, many thanks for your interest and patience.
I hope this note is not a bother, have a nice day.
Narsi Santhanam
Co-ordinator
Oilgae.com – Oil & Biodiesel
I am currently working on a Cross Country Documentary on Alternative fuels and we will be traveling through Santa Cruz.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to make contact with anyone that is involved with alternative fuels.
Please check out the website and send me an email if interested
www.biorevolutions.org