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ACTION ITEM
March 23, 2009 (Monday)
LOCATION: TBA -- organizational/planning meeting of the Initiative's principals. Will be reviewing some information to be presented at the next meeting of a statewide recycling markets development council as well as continuing to craft our Phase I organized farm labor trip as well as our 2009-2010 Government Relations outreach calendar.
March 13, 2009 (Friday)
Our Legislative Action team will be re-drafting our main Hemispheric Energy Initiative Proposal to make sure to include Labor stakeholders and other potential Congressional allies. Will be incorporating some key suggestions made in meetings recently held with advisors of the group.
August 9, 2008 (Saturday)
NOVA Biodiesel and Dieselsprout.com have invited the CNN Biodiesel Road Trip crew to stop by DC and allow us to refuel their vehicle as they make their way from Los Angeles, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Stay tuned as we await their response, as well as that of area businesses and supporters whom we have invited to help out in case we do receive the visit.
Join the Arlington DieselSprout Initiative!
A hemispheric project encouraging the production of jatropha biodiesel in Latin America and the usage of diesel passenger vehicles in the North American marketplace.
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NEW Biodiesel coop in Winchester
New coop allows purchases of up to 20 gallons per week for a $500 donation
NEW Frybrid adventures blog
Daily updates to a conversion project
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What's in a name? dieselsprout: diesel fuel from renewable non-food vegetable oil sources, such as recycled restaurant oils and Jatropha Curcas feedstock.
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Oil falls below $119
August 5, 2008
The AFP reports oil falling to below $119, following weeks of nonstop ascent in the price of this commodity. Many analysts who follow the energy market point to this being a mainly market driven phenomenon, as opposed to truly reflecting global demand pressures. Although the price of crude has been dropping for the past several days, there is still strong sentiment that the overall trend will result in prices well above those in the early part of 2007 and before, when they were in $70 territory, and necessitating a strong push towards such alternative fuels as Jatropha based biodiesel.
Oil near $150 a barrel
JULY 14, 2008
The BBC reports a new record of $147.27 on July 11th, after reports of Iranian missile tests. We are on our way to $150 barrel oil and beyond. This morning I had to return a rental car at Enterprise, and engaged the young man who was nice enough to drop me off at the metro -- "You know, you get a lot better gas mileage with a diesel ... " I told him. He was interested, so I told him that it was possible to extract usable biodiesel from used cooking oil. At this point, he told me that a relative uses fryers in their business (presumably an eating establishment of some kind). He promised to look up the biodiesel transesterification process on Youtube tonight after work. Creating enthusiasts one at a time.
Oil to surpass $140 per barrel
JUNE 2008
Agence France Press today ran an article detailing how Light Sweet Crude for delivery in 2016 was trading at $138.38. Although oil futures prices are the result of complex interactions on the world market, including the physical well-being of the refineries, political tensions between producing and consuming countries, and many other factors, -- long term trends all point to a new reality where biodiesel will become a very attractive alternative. The question we need to answer is: are we ready to begin the process of educating the American public about biodiesel sooner rather than later?
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