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The rising cost of gas is causing some drivers to devise clever ways to beat the pain at the pump. An inventive 17-year-old is brewing biodiesel in his basement, as Russ Mitchell reports.
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John Hamilton is a film executive who makes biodiesel in his parents' garage. He runs his Volkswagen GTI on it and wonders why the biodiesel trend has yet to hit Quebec. Follow him to his parents' house to see how he makes it and then take a spin in his biodiesel-fuelled car through town.
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A walkthrough of the steps for making biodiesel at home, and driving your car for 65-75 cents/gallon.
June 2008 update from the guy who makes this in the video - "methanol is $3.95 a gallon now, pushing my per gallon price to around $1 +/- .05 depending on yield and lye."
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REPORT: The Dervaes where among the first in California to produce their own biodiesel from a recipe containing methanol, lye and used vegetable oil from restaurants. (F. & G. Fenwick)
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The technology website CNET.com mentioned Algae Biodiesel in a short segment. Considering that Algae grows quickly, is carbon neutral and the fuel (biodiesel) being produced will run in the most efficient internal combusion engines we currently use, this could well be the best alternative to petroleum.
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O JN fala sobre o biodiesel e as oportunidades criadas por este biocombustível. Parte de uma série de reportagens sobre energia alternativa, por Júlio Mosquéra.
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A demonstration of the diesel hot air blower we'll be using to keep warm this winter, running on our own biodiesel. Blog at http://lockfarm.blog spot.com
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This is the BioDiesel Motorcycle Built by Michael Sturtz and the DieMotot Crew at the Crucible in West Oakland, CA. October 2006
This video shows the very first test run on the road!
Find out more here:
http://www.thecru cible.org/about/diem oto.html
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Country music legend Willie Nelson talks about what attracted him to biodiesel, his commitment to American farms and small towns, and why he
thought his wife had gotten into his "stash."
For more, see NOW's report "Home Grown" at pbs.org/now.
http://www.pbs.or g/now/shows/302/inde x.html
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Maurice Vanegas is an executive for a private charter company. The biodiesel made is used in a fleet of transit buses, executive buses, and diesel trucks. The biodiesel comes from virgin soybean oil and used vegetable oil. Since July 2006, the company has produced in excess of 20,000 gallons.