Biodiesel & Clean Diesel

My friend sent me this link this morning.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/27/loremo-debuts-150-mpg-concept-car-in-...

and there is more at: www.loremo.com

A new process has been developed for butanol production.

The full story can be viewed at;

http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10782.html

SafeWay announced this morning that it will be converting its entire fleet of over one thousand trucks to bio-diesel. This conversion will reduce their emissions by 75 m. pounds of CO2 annually.

An informative book if you have the leisure time to read or brief.

I've been researching BioDiesel as an alternative to purchasing a Prius or other Hybrid Vehicle - I came accross this site: http://www.grist.org and a section called: "Ask Umbra" I think may out there will find this very interesting and worth considering when thinking about the environement, our pocket book and the politcal landscape:

Burning Man, a 7 day festival in the northern nevada desert with attendance of up to 40000 people, will for the first time this year be nearly entirely powered by local (Reno) biodiesel. The event organizers have been trying to get the companies that rent generators to allow them to use biodiesel for years, but this is the first time every company they rent from (4 or 5 total, this is a massive event) agreed. Most modern diesel generators run on biodiesel without modifications, only requiring more frequent filter changes.

Read it all here:
http://tinyurl.com/2pxoon

I came across this article that I wanted to share with you:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2043462,00.html