Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future / Greg Melville

Author:: Melville, Greg
Published:: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: 257 pages ; 21 cm

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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.

Subject(s):

Melville, Greg—Anecdotes
Vegetable oils as fuel
Green movement—Popular works
Journalists—Travel—United States—Anecdotes
Automobile travel—United States—Anecdotes

ISBN:

9781565125957
1565125959

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-257).

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