DENNIS HOPPER PIC OF PAUL NEWMAN (1964) ULTRA COOL! R. I.P.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE EMMY ACADEMY FOR THIS BALL OF PLASTIC
LOVELY EX-ROOMIE ERICA AND I AT SANTA MONICA'S "REAL FOOD DAILY" BEFORE SHE TAKES A REDEYE TO NYC FOR NYU'S FALL SEMESTER (ISN'T THAT THE BLACK KEYS EATING NEXT TO US?)
FREE TIBET!!!
What is Biodiesel?Biodiesel is known by the chemical name "Fatty-Acid Methyl Ester". This fancy name just means that it’s a simple molecule made from vegetable oil. It is a fuel with high-energy content and proper viscosity to operate reliably in all diesel vehicles and equipment.Because it's made from a naturally-grown crop it is basically solar energy in liquid form! The chemical reaction to make biodiesel is fairly straight forward.Vegetable oil is a 'triglyceride' which means three hydrocarbon chains all attached to the same glycerol molecule. It takes a certain amount of catalyst (in our case, lye) to break off these hydrocarbon chains. In the case of used cooking oils, we must add yet more lye to the reaction to neutralize the "free fatty acids" that have been formed in waste oil. This catalyst is dissolved into methyl alcohol (methanol) with a volume representing 20% of the oil we want to convert.This 'premix' is then blended vigorously with the oil to allow complete conversion of the oil. The blending allows the catalyst to break off each hydrocarbon chain, one by one, and bond with a floating methanol molecule to form biodiesel. The stripped glycerol molecules fall to the bottom of the reaction tank where they are removed. Glycerol will represent about 12%-15% of the total mix volume. Industry Overview
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF A BIODIESEL CARAVAN TO SUNDANCE (VEGGIE VAN INCLUDED)
VENICE, CA. TO PARK CITY, UTAH!!!!
SUMMER FESTIVALS PROMOTING BIODIESEL!
VEGAS IS ON FIRE!
FIELDS OF FUEL AT SUNDANCE
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I don't consider myself an environmentalist. I feel that the category itself is badly conceived, dividing the world into people who are "for the environment" and people who are "for people," which is nonsense. Thus it came to be seen that "environmentalists" were "for" the spotted owl, while non-environmentalists were seen to be "for" forestry jobs that would be lost by saving the spotted owl. The term "environmentalism" emphasizes a false division between "us" and "it" -- "it" being the environment. There is no "it" out there. We are all in this together. There are no two sides. We cannot survive as a species somehow separate from the rest of the living community.
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