A New Energy Source

For some time, my project management classes have been treated to stories gleaned from a book, "The Silent War," that was written by John Craven. Today, I searched out where he might be on the Internet and found some fascinating things.

A story in Wired: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/craven.html

His own web page: http://www.aloha.com/~craven/

The Grease Trip

The Grease Trip (News) Sarah Wash

This article from Utne Magazine caught my attention. I think I know what I might like to do for my next car. Why not buy a used Mercedes diesel and convert it to run on biofuel?

The article has lots of how-to information.

It happens that my neighborhood figures in some of the news on biodiesel. If you search Google for biodiesel and "Takoma Park" you'll get links like these (this first one I attended with a friend, Mindy Mailman):

PriusChat > Clean Energy Open House -- demo your Prius - Toyota ...Clean Energy Open House and Native Plant Garden Tour! Sunday July 18th, noon-5pm Takoma Park Come see solar panels! View electric, biodiesel, and hybrid ...
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MEA - Partial Project List 2001-2003 - 12:59am

Residential Solar, Montgomery County, Takoma Park 20912 ... Funded biodiesel education, outreach, and infrastructure projects, National Biodiesel Grant ... www.energy.state.md.us/programs/projects.htm - 50k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

[PDF] PARTIAL PROJECT LIST

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Takoma Park Middle. School. 7611 Piney. Branch Rd. Silver Spring ... Funded biodiesel. education and. outreach project. Biodiesel School Bus ... www.energy.state.md.us/programs/MEA_Project_List.pdf - Similar pages - Remove result

[PDF] Weekly Status and Information Report: Week of August 2, 2004 - 12:59am

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML ... 100 or so cities that participate in the CPM program, Takoma Park is the only city with 100% of its heavy rolling stock using alternative fuel (bio-diesel). ... 207.176.67.2/news/sir/sir8204.pdf - Supplemental Result - Similar pages - Remove result

Grease Works! :: Corvallis Biodiesel Co-op - 12:59am

The US military has become one of the largest consumers of biodiesel, and cities like Berkeley, Calif., Takoma Park, Md., and Keene, NH, use it for their ... www.greaseworks.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid... - 24k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

Grease Works!one of the largest consumers of biodiesel, and cities like Berkeley, Calif., Takoma Park, Md., and Keene, NH, use it for their fleets. ...
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