BIOBLING: Making Biodiesel Accessible (and sexy!)
by Emily Pilloton
If you love the idea of biodiesel but can’t work out the practicalities- finding fueling stations, fixing up your car, or getting all your bio-fuel questions answered, look no further- BioBling has got you covered. The Southern California-based service connects eco-conscious people to green cars and the clean, renewable fuel to run them. Let them turn your old Mercedes into a lean green automotive machine, or have them hook you up with a biodiesel distributor who will deliver the fuel right to your garage door.
Not only can BioBling convert your car into a biofuel-friendly automobile, they can also “bling” it out with interior decorations from fuzzy dice to plush seats. And if you don’t have a car yet, not to worry- they’ll find one for you, in your area, and within your budget.
Aside from the automotive glamour that BioBling delivers, the real value is their commitment to making biodiesel more widely accessible to the masses. Most biodiesel is made from soy, a renewable and biodegradable source grown in the USA. Compared to traditional fossil fuels, biodiesel produces 78% less emissions than its petroleum-based diesel counterpart.
Check them out and pimp your ride into some green biofuel-friendly wheels…
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We need TONS of water and crops fields to grow plants wich are going to be used to move our cars as biodiesel. Water is essential to sustain life. Crops fields are essential to feed people. It takes LOTS of fossil fuels to grow these biodiesel-destinated plants wich is very polluting.
Here’s a fact: Corn is Mexican’s main food. With U.S. very large subventions for farmers, mexicans started to buy corn from the U.S. and stopped to grow their own corn, this one being more expensive. Now, because of the rise of biodiesel, price of corn is 40% more expensive, and mexicans are screwed, because they lost all theirs crops. They’re now poorer than before.
I heard one more story about ”biodiesel plants crops” farmers in a poor country where they kills gorillas (endangered specie) because they like to eat what they’re growing.
World Bank and International Monetary Fund are going to impose poorer countries to grow plants to feed our cars, improving their dependencies on foreign aid and seriously compromise their food indenpendency. More, monocultures put a lot of pressure on soil, and it need LOTS of oil-based fertilisants to compensate.
In Canada, the government wants to encourage the use of biodiesel. Actually they’re repeating the same mistake as in the U.S. Putting a lot of taxpayer’s money in a very expensive (of oil, water, soil) and unefficient ‘’solution”. It is just a good way to get lots of votes from farmers.
The informations I gave you here can be easily found on internet if you spend some time searching. I assume they’re not very accurate but I wish they’ll make you start think about the biodiesel solution differently. Are we really going to use vital resources to move our cars? I think this is a very short term solution and we should look for something else as soon as possible.
Biodiesel is not so sexy - Walk and ride your bike is. Militate for tramways in your city is sexy too.