During our most recent ski trip in King's Canyon NP, biggreen truck made its very first educational appearance. The idea of veg was a bit confusing to the LA 10th graders at first but the ensuing discussion about energy production and efficiency convinced everyone that biggreentruck should make a habit of 'doing education.'
At the end of the program, biggreentruck headed down the hill to Fresno to pick up some oil from a rather high end restaurant. Seemed like a great idea at the time but we need a little more practice in judging the quality of oil while it sits in the dumpster. We scooped out about 7 gals on Monday and are still trying to filter it. It's a slow process for several reasons including: 1)the lovely bag filter is pretty gunked up and I can't figure a way to clean it without making a huge mess, 2)the colder temps have slowed the oil down, and 3)as it settled, this batch of oil had a lot of solid fats (gross) come to the surface.
Lest anyone think biggreentruck is just one misadventure after another, we took a slight detour on the way to Yosemite to visit Dan and his veg Mercedes 300. He graciously contributed 9 gals of beautifully filtered wvo, a few hours of stimulating conversion about veg and progressive politics and a quiet place to park for the night. Thanks, Dan!
The ongoing quest for good grease and few random vehicle problems were what I expected when I started ripping biggreentruck's fuel system apart last month. I did not expect (tho perhaps I should have) to find myself welcomed into a vibrant, diverse community of folks really making alternative fuels work. Which leads us to the next post.....
