A Visit From the Bio-Diesel Dudes

This week during Environmental Literature we took a break from class to listen to Seth and Tyler Bradt, professional kayakers turned professional veggie-oil travelers. They have started the Oil and Water Project (www.oilandwaterproject.com), a traveling educational program promoting the awesome possibilities we have using renewable resources. They left Alaska months ago and are headed to Chile in their rig, a 1980’s red Toyota fire engine fueled 100% by animal and vegetable oils. Upon completion, this will be the longest vegetable oil trip ever. We helped them fuel up right here at the Nab by melting pure pig lard on our stove and pouring it straight into their fuel tank attached to the back of the rig. They hoped the two five gallon buckets of lard would get them to Nicaragua! After their visit we started to think about how we might start collecting used vegetable oil from restaurants around us to convert to usable fuel for our vehicles. Next leg of the trip, a veggie-oil powered yacht through the South Pacific, veggie-oil motorcycles to travel the rolling hills of New Zealand. Check them out SoPac!