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Last week I spoke with several people around town about going green.
Two articles I published; one about the Green Advantage workshop and the other about the agricultural forum for best practices.
It comes down to this: we need to become more of a sustainable community.
I don't own a home. I probably won't for awhile. Honestly, I'm 22 years old. Therefore, while I respect the cause, the Green Advantage workshop probably won't prove to be more useful to me more than "buy this energy saving lightbulb."
When I spoke to Jon Turkel, however, he made me realize that biodiesel fuel is more easily attained than I first thought. The advantages, also, are notable. Because the print version was cut short, let me lay it out for you now:
What: Biodiesel fuel
Where: In your home, at restaurants, produced in your fields.
When: Now.
Why: Economically: saves you money because you can make it yourself. Mechanically: better for you engine, reduces toxins in the air and saving kid's lives who breath it on their schoolbuses.
How: According to Turkel, Oil (vegetable, soybean, animal fat) that was used in restaurants can be converted into biodiesel by a simple chemical reaction: Oil+methanol+lye=biodiesel and glycerine as a byproduct. The composed glycerine is edible and can be used as a feed enhance for livestock.
For those of you just don't want to deal with that kind of chemistry, here are some EASY tips I've come across to save you money:
1. Reuse tissue boxes to store grocery store plastic bags.
2. Wash used ziplock bags and store them in the freezer for reuse.
3. Egg cartons- use to freeze ice or extra soup stock or gravy.
4. Used dryer softner sheets as swiffer picker-upper sheets.
5. Newspapers. Read. Admire my articles. Save. Use as package stuffer instead of styrofoam peanuts.
For more suggestions, visit thefrugalshopper.com.
Otherwise, I'll fight you for the extra oil, see you in the alley behind the Bistro.
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