Big Bend Biofuels

Florida is one of the largest and fastest growing states in a country using far more than our fair share of energy resources and has a responsibility to show leadership when it comes to alternative energy solutions.

Big Bend Biofuels will bring together accomplished grassroots organizers, alternative energy experts, elected officials, local business owners and activists to make switching to biofuels an attractive, economically viable and reasonably simple alternative for area residents, companies and government.

Biofuel is any fuel that is derived from biomass — recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts. It is a renewable energy source, unlike other natural resources such as petroleum, coal and nuclear fuels.
The carbon in biofuels was recently extracted from atmospheric carbon dioxide by growing plants, so burning it does not result in a net increase of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. As a result, biofuels are seen by many as a way to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by using them to replace non-renewable sources of energy.
The environmental benefits range from reducing carbon-based emissions to recycling diesel cars and cooking oil.
The political benefits will be to put increased pressure on elected officials at all levels of government to follow the lead of concerned citizens and make meaningful progress in the implementation of real alternative energy sources.
The economic benefits are as simple as taking money out of the pockets of Big Oil executives and putting it back in yours.