One environmental group, which declined to be identified, didn't have anyone to comment on the prospect of veggie oil reducing oil dependency or clearing up the air, calling it a "non-issue." But that ...

Unless you've been hiding out under a rock in some foreign country, you probably know about the grassroots movement associated with fueling diesel-powered vehicles with recycled vegetable oil. SVO ...

True to its title, Green Transportation Basics by Dan Chiras (New Society Publishers, 2010) provides information on everything you need to know about sustainable cars and driving. Covering hybrids, ...

With diesel fuel approaching $4 a gallon in the East Valley, some motorists with diesel engines are converting their vehicles to run on vegetable oil. Charlie Anderson, president of Golden Fuel ...

Between school, work and errands, James Colver estimates he drives more than 2,400 miles each month in his diesel-fueled Mercedes. Yet the Issaquah resident spends only about $75 a month on fuel. How ...

Now your car can be a vegetarian, too. Instead of driving autos that slurp up fossil fuels – the liquefied remains of ancient plants and animals – a small but growing cadre of enthusiasts are ...

In the span of just two years, Justin Carven invented the first waste-oil conversion kit for diesel engines, graduated from Hampshire College, drove a vegetable-oil-fueled van across the country, and ...

Biodiesel is diesel fuel made from waste and virgin vegetable oils like soy, canola, cottonseed, and sunflower, as well as rendered animal fat – all chemically processed to be usable in unmodified ...

Philosophers strive to know and understand the human condition and act accordingly. So it is with Tim Engstrom, chairman of the philosophy department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When ...