I’ve heard of people trying to grow their own crops, press their own oil and make their own fuel at a level where they can sustain their own fuel needs. However, in most cases, the people I have communicated with have attempted this on too small a scale to be viable. This morning, I read [...]
I think it’s fitting that I start out the first of my blog entries with a reading recommendation. In order to understand how to begin weaning yourself off of petroleum,it’s important to understand how it all started. Internal Combustion by Edwin Black chronicles our use of energy from the beginning of time. Most importantly, he [...]
Welcome to the NotPetroleum Blog! I am an alternative energy entrepreneur in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Among my many hobbies, I collect used cooking oil and process it into fuel for my diesel cars. I also research ways that we can reduce our dependence on petroleum without changing our habits or behavior. Weaning ourselves from [...]
