Comments on: The Green Pioneers: Clean Fuel is En Vogue http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/ Social Media, Geolocation, and Green Living Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama, Part III | Max Gladwell http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama, Part III | Max Gladwell Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:26:23 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=319#comment-1758 [...] in Brentwood, CA, to make a speech on energy. Max Gladwell founder, Rob Reed, was one of the “green pioneers” who launched LA’s first B99/E85 filling station. Obama was speaking then, in June of [...] [...] in Brentwood, CA, to make a speech on energy. Max Gladwell founder, Rob Reed, was one of the “green pioneers” who launched LA’s first B99/E85 filling station. Obama was speaking then, in June of [...]

]]> By: 10 Ways that Social Media and Sustainability Line Up : Sustainablog http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 10 Ways that Social Media and Sustainability Line Up : Sustainablog Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:55:06 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=319#comment-1035 [...] media and sustainability started as grassroots movements. Whether it was co-ops for sourcing biodiesel fuel or the entrepreneurs of the social web, these mega-trends started small. They reached a point, [...] [...] media and sustainability started as grassroots movements. Whether it was co-ops for sourcing biodiesel fuel or the entrepreneurs of the social web, these mega-trends started small. They reached a point, [...]

]]> By: Max School Bus Takes on Health in Education | Max Gladwell http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Max School Bus Takes on Health in Education | Max Gladwell Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:11:16 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=319#comment-661 [...] buses. It’s simply a matter of switching fuel suppliers. We also worked on legislation with California State Senator Dean Florez, though the Governor refused to sign [...] [...] buses. It’s simply a matter of switching fuel suppliers. We also worked on legislation with California State Senator Dean Florez, though the Governor refused to sign [...]

]]> By: Max Gladwell http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Max Gladwell Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:17:12 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=319#comment-280 Paul: Unfortunately, a lot of those other alternatives are still theoretical. When it comes time to schedule a delivery of biofuel for a gas station running today (or last year), your options are extremely limited. You have customers and have to have fuel to sell. Sometimes, the GMO soy biodiesel is the only option. Fortunately, Conserv now has a consistent supply of recycled restaurant oil biodiesel from Vegas. But it's also more expensive. So I think that's what he meant by "no alternatives". It was in a practical, day-to-day sense of sourcing biofuels and trying to offer better fuels than petroleum. Paul: Unfortunately, a lot of those other alternatives are still theoretical. When it comes time to schedule a delivery of biofuel for a gas station running today (or last year), your options are extremely limited. You have customers and have to have fuel to sell. Sometimes, the GMO soy biodiesel is the only option.

Fortunately, Conserv now has a consistent supply of recycled restaurant oil biodiesel from Vegas. But it’s also more expensive.

So I think that’s what he meant by “no alternatives”. It was in a practical, day-to-day sense of sourcing biofuels and trying to offer better fuels than petroleum.

]]> By: Paul Smith http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/06/the-green-pioneers-clean-fuel-is-en-vogue/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Paul Smith Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:09:54 +0000 http://www.maxgladwell.com/?p=319#comment-279 This is encouraging to hear, but the last sentence doesn't ring true to. No alternatives? We seem awash in alternatives these days, as sites like Gas2.org and the like report on, weekly. Algae based, switchgrass based, even wood chip based! And biodiesel need not come from merely soy, it can be made from a number of alternatives, as mentioned above, and many others. Doing a bit of homework, they could probably easily source biodiesel from less ecologically taxing resources. Still, kudos to them for their persistence. This is encouraging to hear, but the last sentence doesn’t ring true to. No alternatives? We seem awash in alternatives these days, as sites like Gas2.org and the like report on, weekly. Algae based, switchgrass based, even wood chip based! And biodiesel need not come from merely soy, it can be made from a number of alternatives, as mentioned above, and many others. Doing a bit of homework, they could probably easily source biodiesel from less ecologically taxing resources.

Still, kudos to them for their persistence.

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