Sustainability

Summer 2008

Moringa: The New Jatropha

By Dr K. Shaine Tyson

Moringa Oleifera, the "tree of life," is broadly grown across four continents--Asia, Oceania, Africa and Central and South America. I am fascinated by this crop, because it can produce food and fuel; it is a potential new crop for.......[MORE]

Winter 07-08 / From the Control Room

Defining Sustainability

By Lyle Estill

The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) is well underway, with an Executive Director in San Francisco (Heidi Quante), a Board of Directors, some funding from somewhere, and a booth booked on the show floor of the fourth annual National Biodiesel.......[MORE]

Summer 2008 / Golden Meniscus

the monster at the end of sustainable biodiesel

By Kumar Plocher

What is a fair price for sustainable biodiesel? That's a question that I've been thinking about a lot lately. After years of wondering, and with help from some friends (Lyle, JohnO, thank you!), I finally know the answer, but.......[MORE]

Summer 2008

Composting: Solution?

By Alison Dethoff

In 2007, student workers produced more than 2,000 gallons of fuel for campus vehicle use. Our success, however, comes with a problem: we have been struggling to gain control of an ever-growing supply of glycerine. ....[MORE]

Summer 2008

Dumping Glycerine for Fun and for Profit

By Lindsay Vacek

In September 2007, an anonymous call to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources reported a sea of dead fish floating in Belle Fountain Ditch, a tributary to the waters of the state. ....[MORE]

Summer 2008

From the Flower to the Fuel Tank

By Frankie Abralind

"We had rigged a tractor to start on diesel and shut down on diesel, but when we were working it we ran it on pure sunflower oil, 20 years ago. [Dad] was always trying to learn as we were going. He was just trying to make his operation more profitable, back in the first fuel crunch of the late 70's and early 80's,".....[MORE]