[ESSP] Biodiesel at the same price as regular diesel?

[Vanessa Paulman]

Dear Friends,

This past week has seen a surge of national 
interest in biodiesel as a result of the passage 
of the biodiesel tax bill. Once in effect this 
bill will help lower the price of biodiesel 
nationwide. For more information read below.

Have a great weekend and don’t forget to vote this Tuesday, November 2nd.

Best regards,

Josh Tickell

Author, From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank
email: tickell at biodieselamerica.org


Headliner:

Biodiesel Tax Break Passes
On Friday October 22nd President Bush signed the 
Jobs Bill that ensuring a federal excise tax 
credit of 1 penny per percent of biodiesel 
blended with petroleum diesel. National Biodiesel 
Board’s Joe Jobe says all biodiesel consumers 
will benefit from this legislation including 
those in tax-exempt markets, like school 
districts.
Credit goes to Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Senator 
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Congressman Kenny Hulshof 
(R-MO) for their work on ensuring this bill 
passed the senate.

Further info at http://www.biodiesel.org/news/taxincentive/


Biodiesel News Items:

Toyota Gives $20 Million in Grants for Clean School Buses
Toyota Motor Corporation announced its plans to 
provide $20 million in grants to fund 3,000 
school bus retrofits. Although the grants are not 
necessarily for biodiesel buses, some funding may 
be available to projects that propose a blend of 
biodiesel and ultra low sulphur diesel.

To see if you could qualify visit 
http://cleanbusesforkids.com/forms.html and be 
quick as applications have to be in by 14th 
November.


Youth Action Group Shows the Way
The Energy Action youth group have initiated a 
petition to encourage political leaders to 
support various forms of Energy Independence, 
including biodiesel. Nearly 19,000 students have 
signed the petition and have hosted over 280 
action events to support their mission.

Check out their upcoming plans at http://www.energyaction.net/


Piedmont Cooperative Potluck
Piedmont Biofuels Cooperative is showing the way 
for cooperatives across the country. They have a 
special potluck event tonight (Friday 29th 
November) The Piedmont group host regular 
biodiesel courses and workshops and are now 
offering internships for those who are interested 
in learning all about grassroots biodiesel 
production.

Check out their site at http://biofuels.coop/ and 
if you are in the area get in touch with them.


Congratulations to Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Congratulations to the Colorado Rocky Mountain 
School. After reading “From the Fryer to the Fuel 
Tank” the staff and students at this Carbondale 
school began making their own biodiesel. That was 
over 12 months ago. Since then the group has 
built their own biodiesel processor and have been 
making quality biodiesel from collected grease to 
use in the school truck.
The schools’ biodiesel collective also hosts 
excellent educational conferences on campus.

For further info visit http://www.crms.org/


If you have a news story that you would like to 
share with the Biodiesel America members please 
let us know by emailing us at 
news at biodieselamerica.org

Keep checking in at 
http://www.biodieselamerica.org for regular 
biodiesel news updates



-- 
Vanessa Paulman
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

phone: (413) 559-5792
fax: (413) 559-5438
Adele Simmons Hall #132

http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu