As part of my “no nonsense” series on bio and alternative fuels, I covered biodiesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO) and waste vegetable oil (WVO) diesel conversions. Since I believe in experimenting first-hand with topics I discuss, a few years ago, I worked with a local company to convert a restored 1970 Mercedes 220D to [...]
Any diesel engine can run on biodiesel. Is that a true statement? Are there any issues to deal with or do you just dump the “biodiesel” into the engine? What is biodiesel anyway? There are lots of questions that should be answered when you begin to peel back the onion on running your vehicle on [...]
While visiting Salt Lake City this week, I rode one of UTA Trax’s electric light rail cars. I didn’t have a place to go or somewhere I had to be at the time. I just wanted to go for a ride because an electric streetcar is fun to ride for a clean energy enthusiast. We [...]
