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Fueled for Thought

1. Tomorrow is Rudolf Diesel's Birthday! Wednesday, March 17
   Time to go celebrate by buying your car a tall drink of the good stuff. Here's something to help you out: We've got several copies of this map on the walls at the Yokayo production plant, as well as our retail offices. Absolutely beautiful, with all kinds of helpful information for dedicated sustainability-minded biodiesel users. I contributed a box called How "Good" or "Bad" is my Biodiesel?(click the image above to go to biodieselsmarter.com, where you can purchase the. […]
2. Huge Scientific Breakthrough? Tuesday, March 16
   Or just frogs humping?The Tungara frog (pictured above) and its ability to be fruitful and multiply, could actually be a major boon to renewable energy efforts as we head boldly into what might become the biotechnology age.Thanks to a foam derived from this frog, scientists have created artificial photosynthesis. (click to the left to find out more)Hard to tell how big a deal this actually is, but sugars from sunlight could certainly be a game-changer, considering that the number one replacement. […]
3. Senate Passed the Bill Wednesday, March 10
   This is a very important step.THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WROTE LETTERS AND SUPPORTED THIS!

Arctic Vegwerks

1. Diesel VW Vanagon T3 Coolant Hoses – Part Three – Heater Hoses Tuesday, March 9
   All Vanagons, diesel or gas, use the same heater core. But once again, the ‘82 hoses are different, as the heater shutoff valve is located under the dash, behind the glove box close to the heater core. ‘83 and later Vanagons put the shutoff valve under the floor. See Part One – Diesel VW Vanagon T3 [...]
2. Diesel VW Vanagon T3 Coolant Hoses – Part Two – Radiator Hoses Tuesday, March 9
   Not surprisingly, the 1982 Diesel Vanagons have a unique radiator, as 1982 gas Vanagons were still aircooled.  Starting in 1983, a new style radiator was used for both gas and diesel models. The ’82s and ’83s share the smaller (1.25â€�) diameter metal coolant pipes, while later gas Vanagons moved to larger (1.5â€�) diameter plastic coolant pipes. Note [...]
3. Fatty Acid Profiles of Biodiesel Feedstock Fats and Oils Friday, March 5
   The Renewable Energy Group has released a free Feedstock and Biodiesel Characteristics Report, a fairly comprehensive analysis of – yep, you guessed it! – a whole bunch of animal fats and vegetable oils. One area they analyzed was the fatty acid profiles of common fats and oils used as biodiesel feedstocks. If you don’t know already, fatty [...]

Wind Blog

1. Seasick: The Global Ocean in Crisis – Book Review Sunday, March 7
   Alanna Mitchell, former environment reporter for the Globe and Mail, and author of Dancing at the Dead Sea has written a major and important book about the sea. Or maybe it is about climate change, and it impact on life in the sea. It is a must read for anyone concerned about climate [...]
2. Removing Stimulus: Conservative Budget Friday, March 5
   This year’s Federal budget is wildly over the top in its claims to be stimulating the economy. And in the renewable energy sector, the only Federal program of note has lost its funding. There will be less jobs building renewable energy facilities in the future. The Government has had the EcoEnergy for Renewable Power [...]
3. Wind Dominates in Europe Again Friday, February 5
   The European Wind Energy Association released statistics on newly installed wind in 2009. The number demonstrates clearly that other sources of generation are threatened by wind. Wind was the number one source of new capacity, at 39%, with over 10,000 MW installed. Natural gas was in second place at 26%, and solar photovoltaic was [...]

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. 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.
2. Native American philosophy applied to Energy - Biodiesel from Algae Monday, August 17
   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/business/energy-environment/17algae.html The NYTimes reports on the Southern Ute's decision to invest in biodiesel from algae. Besides the potential profit, the group uses a longer philosphical viewpoint: “It’s a marriage of an older way of thinking into a modern time,” said the tribe’s chairman, Matthew J. Box, referring to the interplay of environmental consciousness and investment opportunity around algae. ... “It reminded people. […]
3. Filtered Oil for sale - Vero Beach FL Tuesday, June 23
   Brian in Vero Beach has some oil for sale - contact him with any questions. He describes it as "very nice oil (titrates under 2) and filtered to 1 micron" Price: $300 per 275 gal. tote + $100 deposit on the tote. Brian: 772 559 2151

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. 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
2. heating water with wood Tuesday, November 27
   I normally heat water using home built solar panels. When it is below freezing it's a good idea to circulate anti-freeze in the solar panels and have a heat exchanger beside the water tank. I've never got around to that. So, in winters past I've instead run a very shoddy loop of copper coils in front of the air outlet on the biodiesel powered furnace. By pumping water to this loop and back to
3. Ontario bans incandescent bulbs Wednesday, April 18
   Going off grid with solar has been all about about reducing consumption. So when I see governments forbid these dingy colored , asinine little heaters I experience shameful joy, trepidation and an immediate need to fit what is an act of aggression into a anarcho/panarcho/libertarian justification. The joy of course because replacing 60 watt bulbs with 14 watt bulbs is projected to allow 600,000