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Additional Sustainable Montana Businesses
     
Montana Business Network


Reading List 
These are good starters for a realistic perspective on just where we are right now.
       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


Biodiesel Websites

        http://biodiesel.org/  National Biodiesel Board web site- the Official Industry web site  
        http://biodiesel.grassroots.com/backersregistration/ Become a "Biodiesel Backer "and receive the National Biodiesel Board's monthly email newsletter!      
        http://www.wnbiodiesel.com/  Willy Nelson's Biodiesel company website, promoting Truck Stop Bio Diesel availability across the country, 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 Bio Diesel (Note that there are 5 pages total there)
        http://www.veggieavenger.com/avengerboard/viewtopic.php?t=332&start=0
        www.biodieselamerica.org  General info and links  
        http://pmaa.org/  Technical question website  
        SAVE organization Helena, MT 
        Links Boulder Biodiesel Co-op's  page
        http://www.b100fuel.com/  Great news on Biodiesel  
        http://www.nefrpc.org/AFVweb/case_study_6.htm  School bus use, case study and cost comparisons  
         http://www.geocities.com/biofuelstations/ Lists locations of Biofuels available around the country  
         Map  Salt Lake City biodiesel:  Del Saglio Oil,


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
        http://biodiesel.infopop Forum with SVO conversion info and BD resources  
        http://vegoilconversions.netfirms.com/ Purchase sets of plans for SVO, BD, etc   
        click here Practical steps to converting, starting with WasteVO collection 
        click here Map with sources of vegoil while traveling 
        http://www.geocities.com/biofuelstations/index.htmlForum with traveller's supply of SVO  
        www.biofuels.ca/ Heated lines and tanks (same as Plantdrive.com)


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

 

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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