Domestic Fuel

Seattle, which resides in King County, and Berkeley all dropped biodiesel made from food stock:

http://biodiversivist.blogspot.com/2009/06/seattle-drops-crop-based-biodiesel.html

The smell they talk about was the soot pouring out of that woman’s Jetta, which even on biodiesel, is much worse than a gasoline Jetta. You know it isn’t good when you can actually see as well as smell your car’s exhaust.

Doctor Dan and Propel sell a product made from food stock, and although he said it is made from farmers right here in this area, the feedstock for the biofuel for the most part actually came from far away.

Russ is right. Petroleum-based, carcinogenic, smog-causing gasoline is so much better than biodegradable biodiesel based on recycled or new vegetable oil. This is why I make sure my children get 5 servings of fruits and gas a day.

Sheesh!

You can DRINK biodiesel. (you don’t want to, but you can)

Go ahead and look at figure two from the highly controversial EPA study. See the huge percentage of the bar for biodiesel that comes from international stock. Yes, if you cut down jungles and plant soy there is a negative effect. Of course. But if you get your fuel from local sources (right now the bulk of the fuel is NW grown camelina and recycled veggie oil) then you’re not cutting down any jungles, are you?

The study’s figures were based on something called ILUC or Indirect Land Use Change. Take the land use out of the equation by using foodstock from sources you know and it’s a moot argument.

Take a longer look at the study and see the impact of “waste grease biodiesel”.

And the article Russ quotes cites the city’s decision to stop using biodiesel as a financial concern. Would you rather your kids ride a school bus running on fossil fuel or veggies?

There are blood diamonds out there but I’m not about to tell my girlfriend we can never get engaged.

Think responsibly. Do the research. Buy from sources you can trust.

Go Green,
Kevin