If you don’t like the fuel that your car drinks Mark Armstrong can help you do something about it. Armstrong, a trailblazer among green fuel proponents, teaches a popular course at Santa Clara Junior College, where regular Janes and Joes learn to transform cars into alternative fuel burning machines.
His philosophy is simple. “We don't subsist on a single crop, and thus should not subsist on a single fuel," says Armstrong. "I tell the students; 'If you're lucky enough to be around sugary crops, run your car off of ethanol; if you live behind McDonald's, run it off used vegetable oil; if you live in a windy place, run it off that wind.' “ And if you live in wine country, run it off of the tons of bad wine that wineries throw out every year.
His bottom line is to break societies petroleum addiction by thinking outside of the box. With skyrocketing gas prices burning in a whole everyone’s pockets it’s easy to start complaining.
Armstrong asks you to follow his lead, get off of the couch, and do something about it.
For more information on Mark Armstrong, check out this fabulously detailed SF Gate article.
The Green Energy Network is also a great resource! This Sonoma county-based team of green fuel pioneers actively develops new ethanol based technologies. For less then $1000 dollars, they can convert most cars to run on ethanol, without compromising fuel efficiency. Network members often look to the rancid wine that abounds in their community as a fuel source.
Friday, April 11, 2008
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