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I filled up with biodiesel after work today and on my way out the door this morning I saw the local community paper on the lawn with a front page article about the biodiesel co-op. I had been under the assumption that the biodiesel we were getting currently came from soybeans (which, while not ideal, still seems better than conventional fossil fuels and other high cost food-based fuels like ethanol from corn). I learned the other day and confirmed today that it is actually coming from animal fats, so it's coming from a by-product and not a raw food source* -- which is good. So I guess my car is a meat-eater while we wait for the long-term goal of producing our own biodiesel from waste veggie oil salvaged from restaurant friers. And in the meantime I'll try not to wonder too hard whether that animal fat is coming from factory farms.

*Adam from the co-op informs me that even biodiesel from soybeans isn't taking the soybeans away from food production completely: "...virgin soy oil isn't all bad though, you can still use the rest of the plant for tofu, protein, etc.. and it is much better for the soil health than say corn. Obviously our eventual goal is to start producing our own biodiesel from locally sourced waste vegetable oil, I think we are a few weeks away from making our first trial batches, and aim to have a more full scale operation with our 250 gallon reactor underway for the spring."

On the web:

• Green Guild Biodiesel
• Fueling the Community (Gazette.net)

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