Green Investing | August 12, 2008 |
Bermuda to Grease the Biofuel Wheels
While the dream of energy independence may be elusive for a market as large and as diverse as the United States, smaller countries could conceivably meet their energy needs entirely with locally produced, renewable power.
Such is the plan underway in Bermuda, where an entrepreneur thinks he found a bright spot to the recent rash of obesity on the tiny Atlantic island. Via his company, Bermuda Biofuel, Ltd., Steven Walsh intends to use excess cooking oil from Bermuda’s deep fryers to create biodiesel.
Walsh aims to get his plant up and running by early next year, with an initial production run of 500,000 gallons. With 420 restaurants in the Bermudian capital alone, it's unlikely that supply will be a limiting factor.
Innovative post-consumer biofuels like these will likely grow in importance as worldwide demand for food increases. Aside from helping restaurants to deflect some of the rising prices of production, it will also limit the amount post-consumer product clogging landfills.
While it almost certainly loses some efficiency to more purpose oriented biofuel projects such as wild grass and algal production, its use in a small, insular market like Bermuda's makes it an attractive option nevertheless.
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Very nice find Aaron, this is something I have been okoling into trying to look to alternative drinks, specially for my morning coffee addiction.The problem I have is that I want to start drinking Green Tea but I have no clue what to take. There’s probably at least 300 or 400 products labeled Green Tea (Arizona Green Tea, Starbucks Green Tea, Lipton Green Tea, Green Tea gum, Green Tea mints!) and becomes a road block trying to decide which is going to be worth your money.What brands you guys recommend or have prestige of being a quality product? I want the good staff man, what’s good out there?I know a trip to Trader’s Joes or any organic store would narrow my search with a better selection but we all know that just because it’s organic doesn’t mean that it’s the best.Quite frankly I rather buy a box of Green Tea from the beauty salon where Priscilla has taken me to do her eyebrows even though the only words in English are Green Tea.Let me know what you guys recommend or take, I’m sure this is something a lot of people struggle with as well.
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