Links & Resources
News About Biodiesel & Sustainability:
- Check out TEN ECO-FRIENDLY COMPANIES as featured in the latest issue of Newsweek
- Test the test: How Eco-Efficient Are You?
- Minnesota Becomes First US State to Require Biodiesel
Biofuel Resources You Can Hold In Your Hand:
- The Biodiesel Homebrewer’s Guide by Girl Mark. You can buy this excellent 85 page guide to making your own biodiesel by ordering it at www.veggieavenger.com/store/propaganda.shtml
- From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank by Josh Tickell. (www.joshtickell.com- go to products)
Web Links: Not only are websites a great source of information, but web forums on the internet provide an excellent source of anything you would ever want to know about biofuels.
- www.journeytoforever.org - amazing for anything you’d ever want to know, from brewing your own biodiesel at home to sustainable solutions for everyday needs
- www.biodieselnow.com - discussion board (on their “forums” page)
- www.yahoogroups.com - discussion boards (Biofuel, Biodiesel, vegoil-diesel, biofuels-biz are the subjects) These are most of the incredible web forums in yahoogroups. Incredible resources!!!)
- http://Biodiesel.infopop.cc - discussion board (for homebrewing especially)
- www.biodiesel.org - website for the official National Biodiesel Board (NBB). Great information that is also dominated by the soy industry (who started the NBB). The “official” website for biodiesel in the eyes of the U.S. Department of Energy and other official types.
- www.me.iastate.edu/biodiesel - has a great intro biodiesel course online
- www.veggievan.org - Joshua Tickell’s website. He is the author of From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, the only published book that exists about biodiesel. His book is rich of information and you can order it from the website.
- www.ecologycenter.org - the group that got the city of Berkeley to run all their fleets on recycled veggie oil
- www.greasel.com
- www.grassolean.com
- www.elsbett.com
- www.biofuels.ca
- www.GreenEnergyNetwork.com - these good folks promote the use of ethanol as well as biodiesel
- www.biofuel.coop
Sustainability of Massive Biodiesel Production in This Country:
- http://archive.nnytech.net/sgroup/BIOFUELS-BIZ/1801/
- http://archive.nnytech.net/sgroup/BIOFUELS-BIZ/1395/
- http://www.geocities.com/mr1spike/Biodiesel/resources.html#3
Where to Buy Biodiesel:
- http://afdcmap.nrel.gov/locator/locatepane.asp - website to find alternative fueling stations (that sell biodiesel + more) near you. Not to say these are the only ones out there, but it’s definitely a start.
- www.biodiesel.org/buyingbiodiesel/retailfuelingsites/default.shtm
Other Favorite Links:
- Democracy Now!: www.democracynow.org - only the best radio show in the world
- Common Dreams: www.commondreams.org
- Indymedia: www.indymedia.org
- Biofuel Co-op: www.biofuel.coop/
- Intergalactic Hydrogen: www.intergalactichydrogen.com/
- Ethanol Home Delivery Service: www.GreenEnergyNetwork.com/
- Convergence Foods: www.convergencefoods.com
- Aphrodesia: www.aphrodesia.org
- Hot Buttered Rum String Band: www.hotbutteredrum.net
Organizations We Love:
- Global Exchange: www.globalexchange.org
- Rainforest Action Network: www.ran.org
- Union for Concerned Scientists: www.ucsusa.org
- Worldwatch Institute: www.worldwatch.org
- Code Pink: www.codepink4peace.org
- United for Peace and Justice: www.unitedforpeace.org
- We the Planet: www.wetheplanet.org
Information Sites Calling Your Name:
- www.eco-portal.com - “An Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental Sustainability”
- www.cjr.org/tools/owners/ - a list of the Corporate Giants and What they own
- www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net - exactly what it says; tons of info
- www.permaculture.com - everything you ever wanted to know about sustainable living, but were afraid to ask
- www.urbanpermacultureguild.org - you CAN live sustainably in a city, just ask these folks!
Biodiesel Co-ops around the Country:
- NEW San Francisco Biofuels Cooperative - San Francisco, CA http://www.sfbiofuels.org/index.html (415) 267-3998
- Berkeley Biodiesel Collective – Berkeley, CA www.berkeleybiodiesel.org (510)594-4000 ext.777
- SoCo Biodiesel Coop – Sonoma County, Santa Rosa (non-profit project of New College of CA) socobiodiesel@veggieavenger.com
- Chico Biodiesel Coop – Chico, CA www.chicobiodiesel.org
- Peninsula Biodiesel Co-op – near Palo Alto, CA http://peninsulabiodiesel.org/
- Biofuel Research Co-op – Sebastopol, CA (in Sonoma County at Laguna Farms)
- one is currently starting up in Los Angeles
- Oxygen Collective – Ashland, OR www.o2collective.org (more focused on forest defense but they do have a great bus that runs on veggie fuels)
- GreaseWorks – Corvallis, OR www.grease-works.com
- Bend Biodiesel – Bend, OR the biodiesel section of www.sunlightsolar.com or call Israel at 541-322-1910
- Phoenix Biodiesel - Medford/Ashland, OR
- Portland Biodiesel Co-op – Portland, OR www.gobiodiesel.com
- Olympia Biodiesel – Olympia, WA http://home.comcast.net/%7Eolympia_biodiesel/
- Tacoma Biodiesel Cooperative – Tacoma, WA - http://tacomabiodiesel.nventure.com/
- Boulder Biodiesel – Boulder, CO www.boulderbiodiesel.com
- Roaring Fork Biodiesel Co-op, Roaring Fork Valley, CO www.rfbiodiesel.com
- Utah Biodiesel Co-op – Salt Lake City & surrounding areas, UT – www.utahbiodiesel.org
- Pioneer Valley Biodiesel Co-op – Greenfield, MA
- Co-op Plus, Holyoke, MA
- Piedmont Biofuels - Pittsboro, NC - http://www.biofuels.coop/
- Connecticut Biodiesel Co-op - http://ctbiodzl.freeshell.org/
- Downeast Biodiesel – Ellsworth, ME
- New Jersey Biodiesel Co-op, Vincentown, NJ http://njbiodzl.freeshell.org/, comp998@aol.com
- Maritime Biodiesel – Canada somewhere http://maritimebiodiesel.ca/
- Madison Biodiesel – Madison, WI chrisarye@yahoo.com
Where to Find Used Diesel Vehicles You Can Convert to Run on Biodiesel or Straight Veggie Oil:
- http://forums.tdiclub.com/postlist.php?cat=&Board=UBB43
- www.tdiclub.com
- www.autotrader.com
- www.cars.com
- www.craigslist.org
- http://autos.yahoo.com
- http://www.vegpoweredsystems.com/index.htm
- An interview with Ben Jordan, founder of Health Fuels, for the San Francisco Chronicle: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/10/CMGI8D65IU1.DTL&hw=biodiesel&sn=001&sc=1000
- An interview with Trevitt Schultz by Mat Kramer for Pacific Sun: http://www.pacificsun.com/bus.html
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