Quick, Like a Rabbit

When I first considered the idea of buying a diesel car - almost three years ago now - I thought, "Gee, aren't they kind of smelly and noisy?" I mean, I knew they had great gas mileage and all, but I grew up on a farm, and diesel tractor fumes are still in some of my outdoor clothes. Well, after I leased my VW Golf TDI, I changed my tune. This car was not only quiet and odor-free, it more than held its own on the freeway with great torque for passing. In Germany, you see Golfs (they recently changed the name back to Rabbit) all the time on the Autobahn and not in the slow lane.

Back to the Future with BioFuels?

When Rudolph Diesel invented the first diesel engine in 1892, it was designed to run on coal dust or vegetable oil. One of these is a renewable resource that you can buy at Costco for under $3 a gallon. Modern-day diesels aren't as smelly or noisy as the old variety and can run unaltered on biodiesel, which is made from vegetable oil. This is a no-brainer folks. Let's start the G Machines rolling -- I'm interested in hearing from anyone who is going off the Big Oil grid to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, helping to Save the Planet in the process.

This link has a pretty good tutorial on how to make your own diesel fuel (biodiesel is non-toxic and good for your engine):
http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/