Tuesday, November 29, 2005

[Biodiesel] Citizens Asked to Turn Turkey Grease Into Biofuel Source: KVOA.com, Tucson, AZ, 11/25/05. You've roasted your holiday turkey and drained off some of the juices and fat for making gravy. Or you've deep-fried a delicious bird in a vat of cooking oil. So how do you get rid of the frying oil or the gooey brown liquid left in the gunk-encrusted roasting pan? Most holiday cooks will pour it down the drain or in the garbage, but a Tucson-based company has another idea for local cooks: hand it over for recycling. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News] 12:23:08 PM Google It!    [Ethanol] A kernel of energy innovation has ethanol industry popping Corn-based fuel is becoming the United States' front-runner alternative to imported oil. [Environmental Health News] 12:11:10 PM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Biodiesel Buddies Gas is still hovering around two dollars a gallon in parts of the state. Even though they are dropping, the prices can still be frustrating, so one group of people decided to pass the pump completely. About a dozen guys across Johnson County said au revoir unleaded, adios ethanol, see ya supreme but they will never wave bye bye to biodiesel. [Source: KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids IA] 11:07:05 AM Google It!    [Biodiesel] Man uses vegetable oil to power his vehicles The exhaust from most diesel engines smells like diesel. Justin Keiffer's 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit smells like doughnuts. A 2002 Carson City-Crystal (MI) High School graduate, Keiffer, 21, first became interested in biodiesel fuel when writing a paper on the subject in teacher Mike Steere's high school class. [Source: MLive.com] 10:57:49 AM Google It!

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