BIOFUEL BASICS WORKSHOP – Nov. 26. 2005

 

                | Environmental burden | Geopolitical conflict | Respiratory diseases | Oceanic Spills | Drilling in the Arctic Refuge | Urban smog |

                     | Fuel poverty | Climate change | Peak oil |  Energy dependence | Militarization and occupation | Global warming |

                                                            …Is OIL getting you down?

          Well, introducing an alternative…             The Atlantic Biofuel Coalition presents its:
                                                                                                                Fueling Change in the Community Climate
                                                                                                                Workshop Series beginning with:

          “BIOFUEL BASICS”
          A day-long training workshop will teach you how to modify your diesel vehicle to run on new or used vegetable oil

            AND how to make clean-burning non-toxic biodiesel for use in any diesel engines.

 

          Saturday, November 26, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm  Halifax North Public Library, 2285 Gottingen Street

            Call today to register!*

 

          Presenters

           · Perry Everett, of Annapolis Royal has been an auto mechanic for over twenty years, specializing in diesel engines.

            Perry performs straight-vegetable-oil (SVO) dual tank installations & leads SVO workshops at schools & community events.

            · Alain Joseph is a member of Maritime Biodiesel Coop, a non-profit dedicated to teaching production of renewable fuels.

            · Other mechanics, technicians, educators, artisans, and aficionados will be on-hand throughout the workshops.

 

          Organizers

            The Atlantic Biofuel Coalition, ABC, is a partnership of three non-profit community-based groups:

            Ecology Action Centre, Sierra Club of Canada Atlantic, and the Maritime Biodiesel Co-op.

 

          Background

            As gas prices continue to climb and consumers are becoming increasingly worried about the financial inaccessibility

            of automotive fuel and heating oil, viable alternatives to oil and gas must be brought to the fore immediately.

            Measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the use of biodiesel curb the process of climate change.

            When biodiesel or SVO displaces petroleum diesel, there is an estimated 78% average reduction of greenhouse gas

            emissions per litre, compared with petroleum diesel, over the life cycle of the fuel.

 

            Greenhouse gas savings are higher when biodiesel is made locally from waste food oil products, which we will use

            throughout the weekend workshops.    The training weekend will draw connections between the use of fossil fuels on

            the environment, the energy sector, and the economy.  The objective of the weekend is not only to teach biofuel and

            SVO use, but to provide the tools, knowledge, and know-how for the participants to feel confident in beginning to lead

            future workshops within their own communities; catalyzing the increased use of renewable fuels across the Maritimes.

            Based on the success of the Biofuel Basics weekend training, there will be a more comprehensive workshop in early 2006

            to train participants to be competent biofuel trainers themselves.

           

            * Registration is $10.00   Possibility of sponsorship on a case-by-case basis.

            For more info & registration : 

            Contact :Cameron Quibell         Media Contact: Dave Ron        or email: info@maritimebiodiesel

            Phone: (902)  344-0535         Phone: (902) 440-8878