Articles tagged “Biodiesel”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

NYC to Require Biodiesel Heat, and 3 Other Ways the Big Apple is Going Green By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 12 2010 Starting next October, all heating oil sold in New York City will have to be at least two percent biodiesel. + READ MORE

Ed Begley Jr. on Biodiesel Converters, Manure Digesters, and More By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect May 28 2010 Actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. helps viewers tackle at-home green issues, from manure digesters to making a green living. + READ MORE

Can Soybeans Power Your Next Road Trip? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 17 2009 Soybean oil is one of the best vegetable-based materials to use for making biodiesel. + READ MORE

Teachers: Put Some Green in Your Lesson Plans By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Sep 3 2009 Teach your kids more than just reading, writing, and spelling with these suggestions for incorporating sustainability into traditional lessons--and leave them with knowledge to last a lifetime. + READ MORE

How to Find an Alternative Fuel Station Anywhere in the US. By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport May 19 2009 Perhaps you drive an alternative fuel vehicle. When you tool around your city, you look fly and confident behind the wheel of your eco-friendly car. And you feel secure while driving, because you know exactly where to find more alternative fuel. + READ MORE

Can I Have Some Biodiesel with My Fries?: How to Ask for Cooking Oil From Restaurants By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport May 18 2009 You've converted your car to run on vegetable oil. You've tuned it up. You've taken a week off work. You've mapped out a route across country to take the new-again car on a virgin run. You've stocked up on foodstuffs for the road. Now you just need one more thing. + READ MORE

Stock Up on Biodiesel: Now Hundreds of Fueling Stations Across the US By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport May 7 2009 So you converted your car to run on biodiesel. You're ready to take your newly greened beauty on a road trip across the country on its virgin run. Problem is, you're not so sure where exactly you can buy biodiesel. + READ MORE

Green-ify a Golf Cart, Win VIP Tickets to Coachella By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport Feb 10 2009 Who knew rock n' roll, golf and greenies could make such a perfect pair? Global Inheritance is looking to you to re-design ordinary gas-chugging golf carts into mean, green little machines running on solar, biodiesel, ethanol, wind and other forms of alternative energy. + READ MORE

Fly on a Zero Emissions Airline, Print Your Own Money, Read the Dead Tree Blog, and Find the Best Green Jobs By David DeFranza IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 27 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Fly on a zero emissions airline, print your own money, read the dead tree blog, and find the best green jobs + READ MORE

What's Wrong with Biofuels? By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Jan 26 2009 While biofuels are great, I'd be offering only one side to the story if we did not admit to its weaknesses. Here are the potentially negative facts of biodiesel that you will need to know in order to make an educated decision on whether it's right for you. + READ MORE

25 Things You Need To Know about Biodiesel By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Jan 26 2009 Biodiesel is a pretty decent alternative fuel most would say. It may not always be the most popular idea among the crowd who feels that we should not be using individual gas vehicles at all, but it certainly does not have too many bad points against it either. + READ MORE

Skip the Helicopter Tour, Climb into a Biodiesel Balloon By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 19 2008 Helicopters, although great in life-saving situations and catching pesky bad guys, aren't that great when it comes to the environment. Chaa Creek an eco-resort in Belize offers helicopter rides. Many were baffled by this. Pablo from TriplePundit reckoned that a helicopter ride pollutes about 3x more than driving. + READ MORE

Move Across the Country the Eco-Friendly Way By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 24 2008 Moving is one of those miserable undertakings in life that we all have to deal with.Use recyclable and/or recycled boxes and no packing peanuts.When you are done moving, don?t trash those boxes. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Green My Slopes By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 16 2008 Whether you ski or snowboard, hitting the slopes is a great way to enjoy the outdoors in the winter. The only problem is that ski resorts typically have a huge impact on the environment. Fortunately, one resort is trying to go green. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Recycling Grease By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Oct 10 2008 French fries and onion rings form the foundation of any good diner or burger joint meal. And though these crispy, fried, treats may be ubiquitous at lunch counters around America, they produce waste that many eateries are still struggling to dispose of. + READ MORE

G Word Video: DIY Biodiesel Fuel By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2008 The diesel engine was invented in 1898 by Rudolph Diesel. His original goal was to create an engine capable of running on biofuels. He even advertised early models to American farmers, telling explaining that the diesel engine would allow them to grow their own fuel. Of course, petrol-based fuels quickly became more popular. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Hummin' Hummer By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 19 2008 Imagine if a 10,000 pound Hummer with an engine capable of providing 850 horsepower could also have an efficiency of 29 miles per gallon or more using renewable biodiesel. As unlikely as a green Hummer sounds, it is possible and one shop is pushing the envelope to preserve power while reducing these large vehicle's impact on the environment. + READ MORE

How to Make Your Own Biodiesel or Find it Nearby By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Sep 3 2008 Once you've got your car or your bike or your bus (or your household's robot butler) running on biodiesel, here's where to find the fuel you need to keep things humming along. You can pinpoint a biodiesel retail pump near you, map out the green alterna-gas stops along a travel route you'll be taking, or even learn how to make your own biodiesel whenever, and wherever, you need it. Alternative fuels are becoming more and more economically smart as prices for conventional gas keep climbing, so getting the scoop on what you can put in your tank can make a difference for what you keep in your wallet. + READ MORE

Greener Skies for the Airlines? By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2008 The air travel industry has long been deemed an un-green one, and for good reason. Traveling by plane requires the burning of a huge load of fuel?and as of now, there?s nothing really that can be done to avoid it. But change is in the air (too many bad puns to choose from there): A number of incoming green minded innovations may help to reshape the industry. + READ MORE

Veggie Van Voyage By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Aug 5 2008 On Supper Club with Tom Bergeron, dinner party guest Josh Tickell, spoke of a cross country trip he made in a Veggie Van, a van fueled by biodiesel. In his independent film, Veggie Van Voyage, Tickell drives cross-country from Sarasota, Fla., through Texas, up through the Northeast, across to the Midwest, and then up the California coast. All this driving was done in a van powered by French fry oil. + READ MORE