>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Mark Fire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:37:27 -0800 >Subject: [Biodiesel] Free BiodieseWorkshops in Berkeley, >California/Bay Area Biodiesel > >Hi, this is Girl Mark from DIY Skillshare (and, currently, Tucson Biodiesel >Collective). I'm doing another free workshop, in Berkeley this time, >see details below. >Other experienced people are invited to come along and heckle me! > >that announcement also mentions the DIY SKillshare Conference. The conference >is in it's third year and features hands-on free workshops on various >cutting-edge practical skills topics. This year, we're working on a four-day >(and maybe more) free workshop series on biodiesel to have during the >conference. It'll be held sometime in late June or early to mid July. > > I'd like to find a local SVO user to present a two-hour intro on straight >vegetable oil conversions during the conference. We can't pay you (we >organized the entire 60-workshop/4 day extravaganza on an $700-or-less >budget last year!), but it might be a way to meet lots of local would-be >biofuel users. I would personally prefer to find someone who is not in >the business of doing SVO conversions, as I'd ideally like to see someone >present unbiased info on different conversion kits, and I'm worried about >it looking like a potential sales pitch. I'm sure there are people doing >conversions who still fit this category and are unbiased, and I do realize >that they'd have a lot of experience to draw on... oh well, it's only >a two hour workshop. >If anyone can pass this on to anyone that might be willing to show off >their svo vehicle, let me know. >Any of you interested in information about the SKillshare Conference, >that is, want to get a couple of announcements about final dates, workshop >listings, etc, you can subscribe to our very low-volume email list: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Also for those who haven't heard yet, there is a new Bay Area email listserve >for biodieselers: > >goblin.punk.net/mailman/listinfo/burnveggies to subscribe > >Respect, >Mark > >*********************** >Please copy and distribute this announcement wherever appropriate, it's >also in a bare-bones 'flyer' format in the attachment: >********************** > >Tired of Helping Big Oil pollute? > >Come to a Free Workshop on > >Making and Using BIODIESEL FUEL > >Saturday, March 2nd >12 noon >1811 Rose St (off Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) , Berkeley > >We are hosting a free, informal workshop on making biodiesel, a renewable >alternative fuel that can be made out of waste fast food restaurant vegetable >oil. We will make a batch of biodiesel, a fuel that can be used in any >unmodified diesel engine, and we will also discuss other vegetable oil >fuels options that do require engine modifications. > > >Biodiesel, or methyl esters, is a well-studied and established technology >with worldwide acceptance. Cars using biodiesel fuels produce greatly >reduced emissions compared to petroleum fuels, biodiesel is nontoxic >and biodegradable in the event of a spill, and it can be produced on >a community scale and through domestic agriculture. Currently, it can >be purchased from several manufacturers (in some places, even at the >pump) or it can be made at home using a ‘cookbook’ approach even by people >with little technical or chemistry background. Biodiesel can be used >in diesel engines without any modifications. > >There will be a 30-page handout available ($3 donation requested >for copy costs). > >This workshop is a project of the DIY Skillshare Conference, which >will be hosting an in-depth biodiesel workshop series this summer. Contact >us for info on the Skillshare conference. > > >Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >voicemail: 510-496-2740 ext. 3957 > >skillshare >po box 4934 >Berkeley Ca 94704
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