Alt.Energy.Austin, the blog of DieselGreen Fuels

For those interested in working with renewable fuels, here’s how I spent my Saturday:
1PM - Started my work day

After eating breakfast and running personal errands, I went to Office Depot to get materials to make brochures and marketing materials. Then I went to Crump’s Plumbing to get a pressure reducing valve to repair a customer’s [...]

With the price of diesel nearing $4, it’s a good time to reflect on the relative value of biodiesel and used cooking oil, and ultimately answer a difficult question: Why does the cost of biodiesel seem to creep up with diesel?
This is the first in what may become a series of topics - future articles [...]

Last month, as I was putting the finishing touches on a VIP customer’s vegetable oil fuel system (my own!), I was having trouble with intermittent stalling and hard starts. I pulled over as it died, and I cranked for minutes before it began a choppy idle. Of course, I was supposed to be meeting a [...]