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 "So one of the things that I did when I went over to Afghanistan was to carry a how-to biodiesel manual describing how to make small-scale homemade biodiesel production units. Kabul has open sewers. A John Todd-style eco machine that takes advantage of local energy sources and works with the dynamics of the local ecosystem would make much better sense there than trying to put in a less-efficient, conventional-quarrying, break-point sewage treatment facility."- David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.) |
 "Texas and the Southwest are home to biodiesel.
Expect successful companies to find a way to participate in a whole eco-mall of different green car choices. Expect to see flex-fuel Suburbans that run on Nebraska and Illinois corn and switchgrass; diesel trucks running on vegetable oil; hydrogen-powered sedans; and, of course, hybrids, which represent the first major breakthrough since the Stanley steamer.
Actually, let's get off our high horse. America is way behind Brazil."- David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) |
 "It does not therefore require much imagination to understand why 'deforestation diesel' almost certainly has a worse impact on global warming than its conventional mineral counterpart: estimates have suggested that biodiesel based on palm oil feedstock can be ten times more carbon-intensive than fossil fuels.
If we leave biofuels and nuclear out of any prospective energy portfolio because of their obvious drawbacks, we can still get our seven wedges in other ways. We need to halve the distances people drive each year, and we need to double vehicle fuel economy."- Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) "Although no one can object to using waste vegetable oils from restaurants as the feedstock for biodiesel, this source could only provide one 380th of the current UK vehicle fleet's use, according to one estimate. Other biofuel advocates point to waste straw or wood chippings as a way to manufacture ethanol from cellulose, perhaps using genetically engineered enzymes. This seems to hold more potential in terms of carbon displacement, as it could be far more efficient than producing ethanol from food crops." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) |
 "The Hydrogen Economy
Hybrids and biodiesel cars are fine first steps, but they are only first steps —and baby steps at that. In order to avoid the troubles that we'll face when we hit peak oil, and to reduce emissions enough to ensure a bright green future, we need a whole new auto industry, one that is not dependent on fossil fuels. Hydrogen is widely considered to be the fuel of the future, and may well power the next generation of ultraclean cars."- Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Both of these substances are nontoxic. The biodiesel goes in your tank, and the glycerin goes in your soap dispenser. You've reincarnated grease into two phenomenally useful substances. 5R Tomorrow's Hybrids Even if we do succeed in creating hydrogen-powered cars relatively soon, we're not going to jump right from a few gas-electric hybrids to all-hydrogen autos. The best strategy for bridging the gap between our present overconsumption of oil and the future establishment of a new auto industry is to upgrade our hybrids so that they are even cleaner and more efficient." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Unlike biodiesel, SVO is not processed and transformed before use. But SVO does require system modifications: a second tank in the vehicle, and a heater that warms the oil before it enters the engine. Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthetic fuels are the product of the thermochemical transformation of a hydrocarbon gas. The process can turn gasified coal, natural gas, methane from landfills, and gas derived from biomass into synthetic diesel, gasoline, and aviation fuels. The resulting F-T fuels are high performing and clean burning, and can be used in blends or neat." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "In essence, mixing up biodiesel is not much more complicated than baking a cake, but a badly mixed cake won't ruin your engine. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU UNDERTAKE THIS PROCESS! Just like in any chemistry experiment, these substances carry inherent risks, such as flesh burns, blindness, and fire. Wear safety goggles and rubber gloves. Prepare your first batch under the supervision of someone with experience. Work slowly and be precise in your measurements. Follow these instructions at your own risk. You can use either store-bought vegetable oil or waste cooking oil from a restaurant." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) |
 "It can be esterified to make biodiesel.
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| "On the top priority list for all biofuels, including those manufacturing and marketing biodiesel, is to eliminate the use of toxic methanol, a fossil fuel derivative, in processing and lowering nitric oxide emissions. These must be accomplished in short order to ensure that biofuels are totally carbon-neutral.
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Take it from Target's own Web site, "what's good for.the environment is good for everyone."51 To live by this philosophy, Target is reducing waste and increasing energy efficiency and sustainability." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) |
| "Much of this will come from biodiesel, and a major feedstock for this is palm oil grown on plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia. These plantations have been responsible for disastrous clear-cutting of the fast-declining natural tropical forests, destroying the habitat of rare species like the orangutan and causing major additional carbon releases through the burning of wood and underlying peat. In bad burning years, these Asian forest fires are the greatest single cause of greenhouse gas emissions apart from fossil fuel use." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) |
| "Canola oil, of course, is a favorite of biodiesel fanatics. I liked the story that Margaret Juhae Lee wrote in the Green Guide about her future mother-in-law, who collected canola oil and used it to fuel her car. "One afternoon a week, Carol drives to a restaurant-supply company in her hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana to fill her car's gas tank with canola oil.27
"Each five-gallon jug of canola oil costs $20, which works out to $4 a gallon. It's more than what I would pay at the gas station, but I get around 32 miles per gallon for city driving," Carol told the Green Guide. " - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) |
| "We begin with accomplished actress and environmentalist Daryl Hannah, who champions the benefits of biodiesel as an alternative fuel already available on the market today. L. Hunter Lovins, president of Natural Capitalist, discusses the unsustainable nature of our current energy consumption paradigm. Philippe Cousteau, president of EarrhEcho, reveals how harnessing the ever-present power of the wind, tides, and waves can meet the world's energy needs many times over—while keeping the planet safe for future generations. We finish with popular actor and activist, Ed Begley, Jr." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.) "Plus, bio-fuels are made from oil seed crops like soy, canola, rapeseed, and mustard, so using biodiesel is a way to support American farmers who grow those crops—and support our economy. American farmers have been struggling for a long time, this is a way for them to earn a decent income and help the planet. "The fact is that we've had the technology and the ability to produce cleaner burning, nontoxic fuel for over . ,, .. ,., .?... , ,, It isn't pollution 105 years. Yet our kids are still riding on school buses . ." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.) "It can run on straight vegetable oil with a small inexpensive modification and it can run on biodiesel, which is thinned with ethanol to be the same viscosity as diesel so that it can run through rhe engine. "My car has what is called a closed-carbon loop. The same amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the tail pipe is the same as consumed by plants when they're growing, essentially causing no new greenhouse gases. It's basically lower in every other particulate toxin except for one. It's the cleanest fuel that's available today." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.) |
| "One McDonald's in that country sells biodiesel made from the cooking oil used for their fries. So why don't we get organic ice cream and all-natural beef at McDonald's in the United States?
Because we're slobs, and we don't care. We just keep getting fat on the chemical beef and corn that we're being fed while our health declines rapidly after age fifty.
If we were really to act like a bright and enlightened society, we might say the answer could be found in our federal and state tax schemes as well as in law and order. Polluters are criminal trust passers, as well as trespassers." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) |
 "What intrigued me was that these two were about to embark on the creation of a large-scale biodiesel processor and were willing to take the class with them," recounts Lyle. "Lack of knowledge, experience, or resources did not dampen their spirits a bit."36
Three years later, when I visited Piedmont Biofuels in 2005, their first experiments had morphed into a thriving co-op providing fuel to 150 members. Members can pump ready-made 100 percent biodiesel (referred to as "B100") at five different pumping locations or use shared equipment for do-it-yourself production."- Sandor Ellix Katz, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (Get the book.) "Pahl, Greg. Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2005. Peterson, Lee Allen. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Tickell, Joshua. biodiesel America: How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle-East Oil Dependence and Make Money Growing Fuel. Tallahassee, FL: Tickell Energy Consulting, 2006. -. From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank. Tallahassee, FL: Tickell Energy Consulting, 2000. Weed, Susun S. Wise Woman Herbal: Healing Wise. Woodstock, NY: Ash Tree, 1989." - Sandor Ellix Katz, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (Get the book.) "She is not alone; free exchange of information has characterized the grassroots biodiesel movement. Reflects Mark, "Due to the rise of infosharing on the Internet, there has been, in the last seven to eight years, a boom in the number of people making their own biodiesel, experimenting with equipment and techniques, and sharing their experiences over Internet forums and Web sites."34 Collectives or co-ops of various shapes and sizes recycling local waste oil into fuel have sprouted up in communities around the world, and the movement is spreading fast." - Sandor Ellix Katz, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (Get the book.) "Community biodiesel operations recycling used cooking oil are shining examples of sustainability. This grassroots network is rapidly expanding and inspiring me and many others to want to become part of it. Fry oil, or any feedstock oil, requires a bit of processing to turn it into biodiesel, specifically a chemical reaction called transesterification, which separates the viscous glycerin from the oil, enabling it flow at cooler temperatures. To accomplish this, wood alcohol (methanol) and a chemical catalyst (lye or caustic soda) are mixed together into methoxide and then added to the oil." - Sandor Ellix Katz, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (Get the book.) |
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Humanitarian and envi- ator that runs on biodiesel. ronmental concerns are I also pick all-organic ingredients in my food, one and the same. ancj use non-toxic products in my house. I am actually living within my belief system. And that's really important to me, because, in a sense, the strongest effect you can have is a personal one. When people come to my house, they witness that this lifestyle isn't just nice in the abstract. Everything actually works well, and it's beautiful."- APC Books, Healing Our Planet, Healing Our Selves: The Power of change Within to Change the World (Get the book.) |
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