Biodieselers in a few communities are celebrating March 18th as "international biodiesel awareness day". The Santa Rosa California/Sonoma County biodiesel community is hosting the following event. Special thanks to the Colorado biodiesel folk who instigated the whole March 18th idea...
Tuesday, March 18th Join the Bay Area biofuels community in celebrating the 145th birthday of Rudolph Diesel and the First Annual International BioDiesel & Veggie-Fuel Awareness Day! Dr. Diesel first presented his engine to the public at the 1898 Exhibition Fair in Paris running on peanut oil! "The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and coal tar products of the present time." ~ Rudolph Diesel, German Engineer - 1912 6:00pm ~ Snack on foods highlighting the wide variety of oil sources ~ Live music by Jeff Falconer, Sonoma singer-songwriter offering his own heartfelt, often-humorous tunes (CDŐs available!) ~ Tables hosted by local organizations ~ Schmooze & party with others in the biofuels community 7:00p ~ Satirical social commentary by Jeff Falconer 7:15p ~ Cinema ala Veggie-Power - "Fat of the Land" In response to petroleum dependence in the United States, five women sought to prove that fuel resources can be as accessible as the burger joint down the street. The "Lard Car" is an ordinary, unmodified diesel van powered by distilled vegetable oil, known as biodiesel, which they made using a simple do-it-yourself chemical procedure. Join this intrepid band on their historic and sometimes hilarious 1995 cross-country journey. Beginning in New York state and heading westward, the gals stop at greasy spoons, fish fry stands and hamburger joints, asking for leftover kitchen grease to fuel the vehicle. And like any road trip across the U.S., there are plenty of side-trips through the nation's heart and soul. 8:15p ~ Biofuels Panel Discussion, Emcee Lindsay Hassett, with: - 'girl Mark', Berkeley Biodiesel Collective & DIY/Skillshare - Kumar Plocher, Yokayo Biofuels in Ukiah, CA - Mark Armstrong, SRJC Alternative Fuels Instructor & Mobile Diesel Mechanic - Rusty Davis, Biofuels Research Cooperative This event is a membership drive and fundraiser for the SoCo BioDiesel Co-op. ItŐs FREE, but donations will be enthusiastically accepted! The SoCo Biodiesel Co-op is a new community-based organization whose mission is to promote, produce, and provide vegetable-oil based fuel. The co-opŐs central goals are to educate the public and policy-makers regarding biofuels--specifically biodiesel; foster cooperative ventures in this field; and to encourage and ease the transition from fossil fuels to alternative fuels. New College of California/North Bay Campus 99 Sixth Street (@ Wilson), near Railroad Square, 1 block north of AŐRoma Roasters Santa Rosa, CA 95401 For more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 707-431-7837 Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
