Wakarusa Boogie Blog: Day One

Thursday, June 7, 2007

I had the pleasure of meeting some incredible folks who are at Wakarusa trying to spread the word about biofuels and other alternative energy resources.

Ty Adams, journalist, pioneer, visionary, activist and commodore of a motorcoach powered by a renewable resource, sat down with me for a good long chat about his brainchild, bioTrekker. Look for the entire interview to hit MoBoogie in the near future. In the meantime, check out the bioTrekker Vision below and visit the website to learn more.

For those of you here at the fest, go check out the bioTrekker demos on Saturday from about 11am to 3pm – they will be showing you how to do some pretty amazing things including converting cooking oil, obtained from the festival’s vendors, into usable fuel. The bioTrekker motorcoach is near the Campground Stage. Take a peek to see what you’re looking for...

The bioTrekker Vision
Courtesy of www.bioTrekker.com

The bioTrekker vision is the best-case scenario for biodiesel in the future. Let’s picture it:

In this vision, America is entirely energy independent, relying on its own farmers and scientists to fuel its vehicles and heat its homes. The method of fueling vehicles and furnaces with the finite resource of petroleum has become very old-fashioned, and biodiesel has become the most important fuel in a strong set of renewable energy sources including ethanol, solar and wind power. Biodiesel is sustainable and comes from two major sources: American farms (growing crops of canola, soy, sunflower, mustard) and algae production facilities, which require neither freshwater nor fertile farmland.

In fact, the algae used to produce biodiesel actually thrive in sewage treatment plants and on smog forming carbon dioxide coming out of coal stacks. This cleans the air and water and fuels our engines and furnaces at the same time. In addition to an efficient mass transit system in every city, thanks to innovative technology like diesel electric hybrids, passenger vehicles are much more efficient than those in the past, averaging fuel mileages over 100 miles to the gallon. In addition, these vehicles emit no greenhouse gases. The increased efficiency results in decreased demand for vehicle fuel, which has the benefit of creating competition and significantly lowering prices at the pump.

From combined efforts in improved technology and conservation, the import of petroleum oil from countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran has become relatively unimportant to American transportation. True energy independence has been achieved, and this translates to a stronger economy and a more peaceful world. READ MORE BY CLICKING HERE!