Getting Green Off The Grid

You know, there are still places where people are giving it away. No need to steal it.
Living off the fat of the land? Arrest in theft of grease - San Jose Mercury News

David Richardson, 49, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing grease after police said he siphoned it from a storage tank at […]

I’m not even sure where to begin with this! Wow. It could be good, but of course there will be a Hollywood entertainment slant to it, so some things won’t quite work the way we expect them to.
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MÖTLEY CRÜE’s TOMMY LEE Goes ‘Green’

In the “Fast Fuel” episode Ludacris and Tommy Lee’s […]

Eventually restaurants are going to start charging for their waste cooking oil. Hopefully there won’t be an OPEC for restaurants.
NewsHerald.com - Man brewing own bio-diesel

The nondescript silver four-door sedan looks like any other car chugging down the highway. The only thing that gives away the car is running on fry oil is an […]

The market goes where the money is. It will right itself eventually.
Biofuels may threaten environment, U.N. warns - CNN.com

Foremost among the concerns is increased competition for agricultural land, which Suzuki warned has already caused a rise in corn prices in the United States and Mexico and could lead to food shortages in developing […]

An old oil heat furnace isn’t very green unless it’s burning biodiesel. And then it’s green off the grid.
NOTJUST FOR CARS: BIOFUEL HEATS HOMES: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.

Automatic Heat serves about 2,000 customers with oil furnaces, “and about 85 percent are using biodiesel — it’s pretty much clipping right along,” Schilling said. “We offer […]

Just think of how much nicer your town would smell if they did this.
From french fry vats to township gas tanks (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times

Numerous sewer cleanups resulting from grease clogs was the vehicle for the biodiesel effort in Alabama, officials said. Since then, the town has saved $10,000 a year in sewer […]

On this scale, it may be difficult to find enough sources of items to recycle, considering that many people are giving up fried food.
The Scotsman - Coach giant drops biodiesel trials amid doubts over ‘green’ benefits

The transport giant’s decision flies in the face of moves by its main rivals, who are converting vehicle […]

Year round biodiesel source is very promising.
Seashore mallow seen as biodiesel source - NewsFlash - mlive.com

Unlike soybeans and corn, which require annual plantings to feed the growing appetite for biofuels, the pink-flowered seashore mallow is both a perennial and a halophyte, or salt-tolerant plant, that grows in areas where other crops can’t.

A noble goal. I know if I was going, I’d rather smell french fries than regular diesel in the middle of the desert.
Burning Man Environmental Blog » Blog Archive » Bring on the french fry juice: Burning Man goes Biodiesel

What does that mean in real terms? It means that 20,000 gallons of diesel that […]

What’s happening is that biodiesel can be made from so many items, that there doesn’t appear to be a chance for another set of oil robber-barons like there were (are?) with petroleum. Good news all around.
The Brunei Times

The project announced yesterday will produce “the next generation of renewable diesel fuel”, to help supplement petroleum-based […]