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Wheels on Meals

18,000 miles at the cost of 4 cents per mile
18,000 miles at the cost of 4 cents per mile
‘Grease Not Gas’ is a group dedicated to social change through alternative fuels. Originally founded to create a diesel-to-oil information DVD, their project has grown, through collaborations with Snowboarder Magazine and MTV, into a documentary detailing the ins and outs of renewable energy. The movie shows the nationwide tour of the band Piebald and their snowboarding friends, who’re traveling across the US powered by SVO (straight veggie oil) and WVO (waste veggie oil).
The blog Eco-Chick quotes the article from Snowboarder Magazine, which opens with:
“Last winter, thirty snowboarders found out what it takes to tour the United States of America for FREE in an RV fueled by recycled waste vegetable oil. We took filthy emissions, fuel payments, petroleum consumption, and comfortable conventional life archetypes and shoved them up the crooked asses of all those who dare to stifle growth and hope for future generations.”
TreeHugger reports that “the project also features video podcasts of their adventures, and will soon have web forums, so they and their website visitors can chat about what they’re up to.”
Eco-Chick describes the film:
“The tour hit lots of hardcore snowboarding locales, and makes the connection between petroleum consumption, global warming, and every snowboarder’s worst nightmare: less snow.”
You can buy the video (that covers both riding down mountains and the details of all the trip’s eco-friendliness) at the Grease Not Gas website.

17 October 2006 | 12.17pm (CEST) | posted by Hili | |
TAGS Quality of Life & Prosperity | Energy & Natural Resources | Environment

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