From the Control Room / Quality

in communicado

By Lyle Estill

I recently read Jason Del Gandio's marvelous book, Rhetoric for Radicals, and I could not stop myself from running it through the filter of our project, which is Piedmont Biofuels.At Piedmont Biofuels, we have been effective at communication. We have.......[MORE]

Spanking Ester / Sustainability

are you gonna waste that?

By Leif Forer

Dear Ester,What defines a waste feedstock--does chicken fat qualify? Is WVO really W?WNWNDear Waste Not Want Not~First of all, we have to define waste.  There are probably as many opinions about what qualifies as waste as there are hairs on.......[MORE]

Conferences

the big conference in biodieseltown

By Frankie Abralind

The 2009 National Biodiesel Conference was an inspirational, confidence- building experience. Though attendance was down significantly, energy ran high. Massive video screens flanked the main stage, blasting the audience with frenetic, guitar-infused highlights from the year in biodiesel. Heroes like.......[MORE]

Golden Meniscus / Biomechanics

write a letter, save a diesel

By Kumar Plocher

The current crop of new light duty diesel vehicles (car and truck models 2007½ and later) is not biodiesel compatible.While this may come as a shock to you, I assure you that it is the truth. The problem is the emissions.......[MORE]

plenty of grease in an oil state

By Will Taygan

Five years ago our 1981 VW pickup crossed the Alaska state line with a little B100 in the main tank and straight filtered vegetable oil in the old Plantdrive SVO system. ....[MORE]