Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future / Greg Melville.
2008
GE197 .M45 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future / Greg Melville.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781565125957 (pbk.)
1565125959 (pbk.)
1565125959 (pbk.)
Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Language
English
Description
257 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number
GE197 .M45 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.720922
Summary
Describes the cross-country odyssey of a freelance journalist and his college buddy in a dilapidated 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered on vegetable oil collected from restaurant grease and dumpsters along the way, detailing their visits to Google's solar-powered headquarters, the National Ethanol Council, wind turbines in Minnesota, and other alternative energy hotspots.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257).
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Table of Contents
The ultimate green home
Wind power
Ethanol
Fence swingers
Heat
Green Wal-Mart?
The letter.
Wind power
Ethanol
Fence swingers
Heat
Green Wal-Mart?
The letter.