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Other Sustainable Montana Businesses
     
Montana Business Network

Books
     
Sliding Home
by Ray Holan
       From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, commonly referred to at FTFTTFT,
              new edition on the way

Diesel Vehicles For Sale
     
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Classifieds
      Mini Nickel
        http://greasecar.com/clasi.cfm  great selection of diesels and some converted to SVO
        www.cars.com   Lists classified ads from all over
        www.ebay.com    diesel vehicles for sale
       

BD Web Sites
        National Biodiesel Board web site, the official industry web site   http://biodiesel.org/ 
        Click here to become a Biodiesel Backer and receive the National Biodiesel Board's monthly
            email newsletter!    http://biodiesel.grassroots.com/backersregistration/  
        Willy Nelson's Biodiesel web site and company, promoting BD availability in truck stops 
             across the country   http://www.wnbiodiesel.com/ 
        Great designs of garage-scale biodiesel production, as well as SVO  
              www.journeytoforever.org -
        Detailed plans for using an old electric water heater to make BD. 
            Note that there are 5 pages total there.  
             http://www.veggieavenger.com/avengerboard/viewtopic.php?t=332&start=0
        General info and links   www.biodieselamerica.org -
        Technical question website   http://pmaa.org/
        Helena, MT  SAVE organization
        Boulder Biodiesel Co-op's Links page
        Great news on Biodiesel   http://www.b100fuel.com/ 
        School bus use, case study and cost comparisons  
             http://www.nefrpc.org/AFVweb/case_study_6.htm 
        Lists locations of biofuels available around the country  
             http://www.geocities.com/biofuelstations/ 
        Salt Lake City biodiesel:  Del Saglio Oil, Map

      

SVO Web Sites
        www.greasecar.com    Most affordable kit out there and a long history of use
        www.plantdrive.com    Probably the most sophisticated kits and parts, Berkeley
        www.frybrid.com     Another very high quality kit maker, Seattle
        Forum with SVO conversion info and BD resources   http://biodiesel.infopop
        Purchase sets of plans for SVO, BD, etc    http://vegoilconversions.netfirms.com/
        Practical steps to converting, starting with WasteVO collection  click here
        Map with sources of vegoil while traveling  click here
        Forum with traveller's supply of SVO   http://www.geocities.com/biofuelstations/index.html
        Heated lines and tanks    www.biofuels.ca/    (same as plantdrive.com)

Reading List
       The Oil Endgame by Amory Lovins  (free download)
       Natural Capitalism
by Paul Hawkin and Amory Lovins  (free download)
       The End of Oil
by Paul Roberts
       The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg
       The End of the Oil Age by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
       The Coming Oil Crisis by Colin J. Campbell
       Blood and Oil by Michael Klare
These are good starters for a realistic perspective on just where we are right now.

Renewable Energy Education
       RETScreen Canadian Government Website  A wealth of information on wind, solar heating, solar electric, biomass, heat pumps, micro-hydro

 

Acronyms
BD  Biodiesel
DIY  Do It Yourself
SVO  Straight Vegetable Oil
WVO  Waste Vegetable Oil (usually collected from restaurants with deep fat fryers)
UVO  Used Vegetable Oil

Local Gas Station phone numbers
Panda  587-6280
Me & Jan's 585-3449, 7th & Main
Cenex Livingston  222-7371

 

A Note on "WASTE" and how Europe defines it:
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:57:08 +0100

From: "John Nicholson" <jn@bio-power.co.uk>
Subject: RE: new member - have question about license

The disposal of used cooking oil as an
additive to animal feed has been banned in
all European nations, and this ban has been
implemented in the Republic of Ireland longer
than in the UK. Material only becomes a
'waste' when it has been disposed of by the
holder. If there is an alternative non-waste
pathway for any material outside the waste
stream then the holder does not need to
dispose of it. Material so collected as a
commodity for a specific purpose is not
regarded as a waste and therefore does not
fall to Waste Management Regulation. Even
though some waste materials are regarded as
controlled waste' they are not waste unless
and until they are disposed of.
Article three of the European Waste Framework
Directive sets out clearly the requirement
for all member nations to reduce the creation
of waste by creating markets for materials
that would otherwise become a waste disposal
problem and also by the development of new
technology less demanding of resources. What
we are doing in Bio-power in terms of
collecting quality used cooking oils fits in
with both of these requirements. We prevent
the unnecessary creation of a waste by
providing a non-waste pathway for quality
material. This encourages the better care of
used cooking oil, so fat users look after
their oil better, and change their oil more
regularly. We often sell oil to fat users
and so we benefit twice over if if they
change their fat more often. As part of this
process we also encourage the use of lower
cholesterol oils and even a percentage of
olive oil in cooking oil blends. Olive oil
is actually good for you.
John Nicholson.
Bio-power UK Ltd.

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

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