I'm flirting with the idea of doing a Biodiesel Homebrew Education tour this summer. It's still in the 'whim' stage and Im not completely committed to doing this- I might try and find a real job instead, or intensify my search for a sailboat, or something similar that might take up my summer instead or make it impossible to go. But I'm putting out feelers to see if it's possible to organize a tour on this short notice.
What: The tour would be me with a pickup truck full of homebrew equipment, and possibly one or two of my Bay Area cohorts showing up to some of the stops as well. I can do anything from 2-hour intros to biodiesel for the general public, to five-day Intensive trainings. The most common class I teach currently, is a 7 or 8-hour comprehensive class. Most of the details of that class and the syllabus were in another email I sent here a few days ago. I would also be interested in taking my setup to festivals, demonstrations, or fairs, with local people who are already doing biodiesel work. I've got lots of literature and 'tabling' stuff for the general public. How: For a longer class, the deal would be: you or your organization: find a location that can hold 10-30 people, with indoor and outdoor areas (ie there's usually indoor lecture and 'lab' and also outdoor full-scale equipment demo. Quite often this is just somebody's back yard, driveway, or the parking lot of a business). I'd like to have access to running water and 115V electric, though it could be done without the grid electricity. me: I've got all the equipment to do the classes, any literature needed, and all the supplies including flyers and promotional material. where: I'm thinking of going to the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Wisconsin in late June, and I am helping with a class at Solar Energy International in the end of July. I'm also considering going to Tucson or further (Albuquerque) in late spring as well, as a separate trip. If I do this tour I will also go 'home' to North Carolina for a few weeks at the end of the summer. These places are all over the map and one of these stops lend themselves well to a logical itinerary. so: let me know offlist if you've got an interest in organizing a stop if I can come to your area, or if there are interesting events that I could 'table' at or otherwise promote biodiesel at (if I do decide to go on tour, that is). my address is wrench at tinkersworkshop dot org I am also very much interested in meeting people who are actively forming small commercial biodiesel production businesses, to talk about small producer EPA options and small producer technologies. Thanks! mark ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
