Sustainability

Special Edition

BUY THE MAP!

By Frankie Abralind

This is the B100 map you've heard so much about. Hot off the presses, it shows all the locations in the United States where you can buy B100 biodiesel. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. NOW JUST $9.95!....[MORE]

Biomechanics

a closer look at the heating system

By Jim Malloy & Craig Emerson

We have successfully used a 40-year-old oil tank, starting at a B5 we have gradually converted it to a B100 tank. If you are starting with a new tank, there is no reason not to start with B100. The B100 tank should be kept in a space that is dry, dark and kept at 52 degrees Farenheit or warmer.....[MORE]

Fall 2009

home heating made greasy

By Jim Malloy

When I, the idealistic, crunchy leftist libertarian grandson joined the family business and introduced the idea of biodiesel for home heating, I was met with great resistance from the three senior heating systems technicians with an accumulated 85 years experience. This turned out great: they really put biodiesel to the test, and it passed.....[MORE]

Spring 2009 / Spanking Ester

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]

Summer 2008

Moringa: The New Jatropha

By Dr K. Shaine Tyson

Moringa Oleifera, the "tree of life," is broadly grown across four continents--Asia, Oceania, Africa and Central and South America. I am fascinated by this crop, because it can produce food and fuel; it is a potential new crop for.......[MORE]

Winter 07-08 / From the Control Room

Defining Sustainability

By Lyle Estill

The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) is well underway, with an Executive Director in San Francisco (Heidi Quante), a Board of Directors, some funding from somewhere, and a booth booked on the show floor of the fourth annual National Biodiesel.......[MORE]

Summer 2008 / Golden Meniscus

the monster at the end of sustainable biodiesel

By Kumar Plocher

What is a fair price for sustainable biodiesel? That's a question that I've been thinking about a lot lately. After years of wondering, and with help from some friends (Lyle, JohnO, thank you!), I finally know the answer, but.......[MORE]

Summer 2008

Composting: Solution?

By Alison Dethoff

In 2007, student workers produced more than 2,000 gallons of fuel for campus vehicle use. Our success, however, comes with a problem: we have been struggling to gain control of an ever-growing supply of glycerine. ....[MORE]

Summer 2008

Dumping Glycerine for Fun and for Profit

By Lindsay Vacek

In September 2007, an anonymous call to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources reported a sea of dead fish floating in Belle Fountain Ditch, a tributary to the waters of the state. ....[MORE]

Summer 2008

From the Flower to the Fuel Tank

By Frankie Abralind

"We had rigged a tractor to start on diesel and shut down on diesel, but when we were working it we ran it on pure sunflower oil, 20 years ago. [Dad] was always trying to learn as we were going. He was just trying to make his operation more profitable, back in the first fuel crunch of the late 70's and early 80's,".....[MORE]