Tour de Biofuels A Collection of Pertinent Blogs

We put up this page so that you can get your fix from the biofuels blogosphere in one place.
In the parlance of blogging this is known as an “aggregator.” We are assuming, that like us,
there is nothing you would rather do than stay current on as many biofuel blogs as possible.

To be honest, the need for this service has been completely replaced by RSS, but apparently folks still use it, and ask us to maintain it.  Go figure.

If you would like to assemble a life outside of biofuels, shed your vehicle, quit your job,
and move to a community where you can meet all of your needs on foot. At Piedmont Biofuels, we
understand that doing such could take awhile, so we are providing this aggregator for your use in
the meantime.

We’ve thrown in some wind, and some off-grid tales just to keep it lively,
and we try to show them according to activity and interest level.
From time to time we will prune the dead branches to make way for new growth.

Biofuels.coop

  1. CSA Week 15 Tuesday, August 31
    It is the final week in our summer CSA session! Next week begins the fall session. Current members can renew by bringing payment to today’s distribution. This week we are harvesting: tomatoes and cherry tomatoes summer squash and zucchini eggplant cilantro, basil, parsley salad mix and braising mix melons green beans winter squash
  2. Oil Seed Crushing Workshop Friday, August 27
    11am to 3pm Saturday September 18th An indepth look at Cold Press Seed Crushing with the maker of the acclaimed Komet series seedpress. Piedmont Biofuels is pleased to announce that it will be hosting Dirk Skuras of IBG Monforts for a half-day oilseed pressing workshop. IBG Monforts is the maker of the famous Komet press [...]
  3. CSA Week 14 Monday, August 23
    This week we are harvesting: lambs-quarters and amaranth greens Salad Mix! baby lettuce, baby chard, arugula, mild and spicy baby mustard greens Green Beans basil, cilantro, curly & Italian parsley tomatoes and cherry tomatoes zucchini & summer squash cucumbers eggplant hot peppers

Fueled for Thought

  1. Confusion reigns supreme Monday, August 30
    You could call it sloppy journalism, but we see it again and again:OAKLAND -- The first day of a free alternative fuel giveaway started Tuesday with a trickle of motorists lured in by curiosity and the promise of a bargain: Five free gallons of biodiesel or an ethanol-based blend called Flex Fuel.That's the lead paragraph in this article in the Oakland Tribune. Not until later in the article do we learn that the "biodiesel" is 95% petroleum, 5% biodiesel...The biodiesel is almost all p. […]
  2. Millettia Pinnata Monday, August 23
    I've long held the belief that as the biofuels movement matures, countless new and better oil crops will be unearthed. Enter Millettia Pinnata:Oil yield claims are off the charts, and it is non-toxic, unlike Jatropha. I'm just finding out about it for the first time, so I'll be doing some research.
  3. Test post for new twitter feed Friday, August 20
    I've been neglecting the twitter account, but now at least I think I've got it set up so that this blog updates twitter automatically whenever there's a new entry.

Arctic Vegwerks

  1. Sep 8 Forum: Anchorage’s First Large Scale Biodiesel Plant Monday, August 30
    REAP, the Renewable Energy Alaska Project is kicking off its fall forums with a look at Anchorage’s new biodiesel plant! September 8, 2010 6-8 p.m Anchorage Museum auditorium, 625 C Street Come hear how Alaska Waste and Alaska Green Waste Solutions’ large-scale biodiesel plant in Anchorage is turning recycled cooking oil into fuel for their [...]
  2. Biodiesel at the State Fair – Sat Aug 28, 1pm. Thursday, August 26
    Hey folks, I’ll be putting on a quick biodiesel/SVO song-and-dance this Saturday at the State Fair. Swing by the Valley Recycling booth on the purple trail and say hi! Backyard Biodiesel 1-2pm Saturday August 28, 2010 Valley Recycling (VCRS) Booth Purple Trail, Alaska State Fair, Palmer. Learn all about biofuels from Will Taygan of Arctic [...]
  3. 6th Annual Alaska Renewable Energy Fair. Thursday, August 5
    August 7, 2010 from 11 AM – 9 PM • Anchorage Park Strip, Between I & L Streets Don’t miss the fun! Held annually on the first Saturday in August, the Alaska Renewable Energy Fair is a FREE opportunity for people to come see for themselves how renewable energy and energy efficiency development is taking [...]

Wind Blog

  1. Another Nuclear Folly Friday, August 20
    The refurbishment of New Brunswick’s 680 MW Candu reactor, it’s only one, is in trouble. There are three things that we can count on. Death, taxes, and nuclear cost overruns. The project started in March of 2008, and was scheduled to take 18 months. That was 29 months ago, and Atomic Energy of [...]
  2. Ground Mount Compromise Sunday, August 15
    Wow. The Ontario Power Authority, no doubt pushed by their political masters, backed down. They have announce a new compromise on pricing for small scale (
  3. Moscow Smoke Thursday, August 12
    The smoke has finally cleared from Moscow, after days of smog caused by forest and peat fires from their record hot summer. Air pollution during the crisis has been at 3 times higher than the acceptable level. And the death rate has doubled. The city’s morgues are close to full. If [...]

CapeFearBioBlog

  1. Vote for Ben and Stacia!!! Tuesday, August 25
    The time has come to lay the PUP to rest.......http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/one-song-and-dance/1148747/
  2. Mission Accomplished! Tuesday, June 30
    Wow! It has been a crazy 2009! Even in the midst of a deep recession we have been able to re-open our B100 pump and sales have increased dramatically!A big thanks to Eco-collections Systems....check out this great video of our reopening at 3121 N. Kerr Ave. in Wilmington.http://vimeo.com/4864469For a map of our new location click hereThis event marks a major milestone for CFB as we are now providing truly renewable biodiesel, made from locally collected waste oil to our membership. As with many. […]
  3. www.savebiodiesel.org Tuesday, April 21
    Please visit www.savebiodiesel.org to learn more about the issues surrounding new diesel emissions laws and high blend biodiesel. This petition is designed to force manufacturers to plan for biodiesel use throughout the market place.Please take a moment to educate yourself about this issue!Thanks.

BrevardBioDiesel Blog

  1. Jatropha in space Tuesday, August 24
    http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100824/BUSINESS/8240325/1006/NEWS01/Jatropha+enthusiasts+want+to+develop+it+as+local+crop Florida Today reports on experiments by University of Florida researchers and South Florida's Vecenergy to find genetic variations in Jatropha suitable for oil production by flying samples in the International Space Station. The experiments study cell cultures such as these: "We are curious to learn what genes will be activated. Maybe some of those genes could help us d. […]
  2. NYTimes explores Algae as Fuel Tuesday, July 27
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/energy-environment/26algae.html Algae are attracting attention because the strains can potentially produce 10 or more times more fuel per acre than the corn used to make ethanol or the soybeans used to make biodiesel. Moreover, algae might be grown on arid land and brackish water, so that fuel production would not compete with food production. And algae are voracious consumers of carbon dioxide, potentially helping to keep some of this greenhouse gas fr. […]
  3. Cloud point calculator Monday, March 15
    I ran into this cloud point data recently. As most of the commercial biodiesel recently available in this area is produced from an animal fat feedstock, this can help you determine a safe blending ratio based on expected low temperatures: This is from the "SBA Good Book of Biodiesel" produced by the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance.

Diary of a Mad Scientist

  1. Holy Moley Thursday, December 24
    I'm climbing out of yet another round of 'thought I was better and then things went wrong'. But they're definitely better. More soon. and... I finally found the password to my long-lost blog.
  2. Diving Back In Monday, March 30
    My West Coast 'season' is just about up. I'm heading to the Collegiate Biodiesel Conference in PA this weekend and speaking about acid-catalyzed esterification and ethanol-based biodiesel, then starting research for Blue Ridge Biofuels, also on acid-catalyzed esterification and other techniques for dealing with high-FFA oil, after that. I have ...
  3. Drowning a bit Friday, February 13
    I owe the world a giant update (though my twitter.com/girlmark posts are sort of a long rolling update)- here's the short version: -I'm still in San Francisco area -things are going slowly here due to serious complexity, the economy slowing down me selling off my crap, and me still being somewhat sick ...

The Rabid Biodiesel Nut

  1. Customer Pictures & Stories... Saturday, January 2
    We here at Utah Biodiesel Supply think we have some of the greatest customers around.Over the last year, we've heard several great success stories from several of our customers & figured we'd share a few with you.Thornridge High School Dolton, IllinoisThis group of students worked with an instructor, Brian Sievers, after school to create a really cool Biodiesel project. They decided they wanted to do something that would allow them to learn about science, be able to serve the community, and make. […]
  2. We've Caught The Soap Bug! Wednesday, December 30
    For those of you that have been in Biodiesel for a while, you know that you can use the glycerin by product to product soap with that can be used for all sorts of different things.When we first got into Biodiesel, we toyed with the idea and even made some pretty cool soap bars with the Glycerin. But didn't do much else.A few years later we were contacted by a Biodiesel glycerin soap maker associated with Piedmont Biofuels out of Pittsboro, North Carolina and started carrying a line of soap produ. […]
  3. Visit From Drive To Sustain Thursday, December 24
    Quite often we have some incredible visitors stop by on their way through Utah doing amazing things with Biodiesel and Biofuels in general.On the 3rd of December we had one such visit from a group called Drive To Sustain.This group is amazing! Traveling all across the United States and into Canada, this groups goal is to hit every state in the US and every province in Canada.As they travel, they're hooking up with educators to teach students all about the benefits of using Biofuels. They track a. […]

All Things Biodiesel

  1. California UST Issue Resolution Friday, May 22
    After much work, the California Biodiesel Alliance (CBA) is nearing the goal line on the variance program it has worked to create with the California Water Board to resume the storage of biodiesel in underground storage tanks (USTs).CBA has created a new web page on its website to house the UST information.A big thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen.This should pave the way for California to resume its role in leading the nation with innovative biodiesel programs.Eric
  2. savebiodiesel.org Wednesday, April 15
    An important new campaign lead by our friends Robin and Michele at Dogpatch Biofuels. Please take a moment to check out the website and sign the petition. This issue has the potential to spin out of control and cause great damage to the emerging biodiesel industry. Please act now!****Hello everyone,Please check out a new campaign website: savebiodiesel.org !We sent out an e-mail about a month ago regarding the compatibility issues arising with biodiesel and new diesel vehicles. To quickly re-cap. […]
  3. Forbes Biodiesel Article - Good, but missing a key peice of the story Monday, April 13
    A recent article in Forbes about Imperium's struggles generated a lot of discussion on one of the regional biofuel email lists that I am on. It prompted me to post a comment on the forbes.com website about the need for waste feedstock biodiesel and regionally appropriate biodiesel plants. The biodiesel industry needs to focus on its future if it is to be successful and that future is waste feedstock biodiesel . . . . leading eventually to non-food crop biodiesel from crops like Jatropha and alga. […]

leaving the grid

  1. I am in rare form this evening Tuesday, April 27
    Does anyone remember the eulogy given by billy graham on the national funeral for the 9/11 victims? Keep that in mind as I pose this question: What would you say if someone said "you know, a good lot of those killed in the WTC deserve to burn in hell, and are doing so". Would you be pissed and start looking for the secret service phone number? Maybe turn in a commie, or worse a terrorist? Now
  2. 5 years Tuesday, April 27
    just realized it was earthday 2005 that I left the power grid. 5 years. Neat.
  3. snakes Sunday, August 17
    Check it. Went to water batteries the other day and this snake, the same who I always see eating chicken eggs out in the hen house was hanging out in my house on my batteries. Which are kept clean btw so there should not be any concern about the snake getting acid on it's belly. I kept trying to pick it up and get it outside and it kept slithying out of my hands back onto or behind the battery