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Please help this green dream become a reality. By donating now you will be making a tangible, meaningful difference for our planet. Over the life of this effort (hopefully a few hundred-thousand miles) this conversion to grease will prevent thousands of pounds of CO2 from harming our atmosphere. A material that would otherwise be wasted is given a second life. And a much needed spotlight will shine on a technology that is very real and much more attainable than most now realize. Thank you so much for your help!
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11/19/2009
Welcome to LIBTYFI. Here you will find details, miniscule and mammoth, about my conversion to the GreaseLife. You may be asking yourself, “Self–Why would Adam do such a crazy thing?" 5 simple reasons, my friends:
- Simplicity–Who wouldn’t want a fueling station at home? (side effect: less temptation to buy an M.T.O.)
- Independence–Provided PennDOT doesn’t squash my idea, my license plate will read: FU-XON. ’Nuff said.
- $$$–Gas ain’t gettin’ cheaper, folks. Editorializing alert #1! While electric cars should be top priority, they’re not. Even if everyone had one tomorrow, where are we going to get the electricity from? In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need to burn anything to move us from A to B, but until a cheap and mass-producible solution exists–bring on the grease!
- Carbon Neutral–Am I burning something? Yes. But did that something engage in photosynthesis prior to its combustion (recently)? Also, yes. I only advocate the use of WVO for transportation, however. What does that acronym mean? WASTE Vegetable Oil. Editorializing alert #2!Using valuable land to grow food for fuel is about as dumb as <<insert favorite dumb-related metaphor here>> (see effects of corn-based ethanol on food prices). Ideally, we wouldn’t eat deep fried anything, and we’d all be healthier and happier. But until that happens, there are about 2-3 BILLION gallons of this stuff generated in the U.S. per year. That’d make a nice dent our carbon footprint, eh?
- IT’S SO COOL!!–When I tell people what I'm doing I usually get a “Huh?” immediately followed by a “WOW!” The geek-factor is simply too much to pass up. But I'll be driving a late model Jetta with all the bells and whistles of a modern car (unlike some Greasers who go the old Benz, or similar, route) to show people you don’t need to make too many sacrifices to do something positive for the planet. Making these “green” modifications to our lives needs to prove accessible AND easy, or they simply won’t catch.
Grease On,
Adam