Once upon a time, we were going to make a beautiful map for you, showing all the available biofuel pumps in the country. Then we realized: hey, there are already beautiful maps out there. Not to mention books. And articles. And organizations working their tails off on this stuff. So why reinvent the wheel? Instead, we compiled this list o’ links. Then we went out for a heaping plate of French fries — because they smell just like biodiesel.
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Maps
OK, you’re sold on biofuels. Now where the heck are they sold?
Books
Fuel your imagination with these how-to guides and histories.
Organizations
Find biofuel experts, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs.
Related content in Grist
Believe it or not, we’ve been covering this stuff for years.
Articles in other publications
See who else is asking the tough questions.
Maps
Alternative fuels
U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuel Station Locator
Biodiesel
Biodiesel America’s biodiesel pump locator
Biodiesel America’s biodiesel car-sales locator
National Biodiesel Board’s biodiesel locator
Ethanol
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition’s ethanol locator
U.S. Department of Energy’s list of E85 stations in the U.S.
General Motors’ E85 station list
Books
How to Make Biodiesel
By Dan M. Carter
Biodiesel Power: The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel
By Lyle Estill
Biofuel Power of the Future: New Ways of Turning Organic Matter Into Energy
By Chris Hayhurst
Biodiesel Basics and Beyond: A Comprehensive Guide to Production and Use for the Home and Farm
By William H. Kemp
Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy
By Greg Pahl
Biodiesel America: How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle-East Oil Dependence, and Make Money Growing Fuel
By Josh Tickell
From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel
By Josh Tickell
Shuck the Sheiks: Replacing Bloody Middle Eastern Oil with Clean Domestic Ethanol
By Andrew Paul Zacharias
And one DVD …
Organizations
Alternative fuels
U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center
Biodiesel
Ethanol
American Coalition for Ethanol
Ethanol Promotion and Information Council
National Corn Growers Association on ethanol
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
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Branson With the Stars: Virgin founder’s $3 billion climate pledge
Wary Indiana: An interview with Dick Lugar, GOP energy-independence crusader
Got Millikin?: InterActivist with Mike Millikin of Green Car Congress
Better Living Through French Fries: Is biodiesel the fuel of the future?
A Blond Walks Into a Blog: Daryl Hannah makes a splash with her new eco-blog
Veggie Tailpipes: Umbra Fisk on converting your car to straight veggie oil
Grease Be With You: Umbra Fisk on converting to biodiesel
Changes of Engine: Umbra Fisk on biodiesel vs. straight veggie oil
SVO Speedwagon: Umbra Fisk on hybrids vs. veggie-oil cars
Bio Logic: InterActivist with biodiesel buff Rob Elam
Buenos Bios: How South American biofuels are gaining steam
Ethanomics 101: The shining promise of ethanol doesn’t add up for farmers
For Those About to Barack: Obama on energy independence and ethanol
Corn at the Right Time: Ethanol is suddenly all the rage in D.C. and Detroit
Warts and Ethanol: A new reliance on coal could sap green cred from the ethanol industry
The Scheme of the Crop: Umbra Fisk on ethanol
Articles in other publications
“Harvesting Green Power,” Business Week, November 2006
“The Color of Money: Venture capitalists bet on environmentally friendly technology,” Newsweek, November 2006
“My Big Biofuels Bet,” Wired, October 2006
“Fuels Gold: Are biofuels the answer to our energy woes?” New Scientist, September 2006
“Biofuel Challenges Big Oil,” In These Times, June 2006
“Ethanol: Myths and Realities,” Business Week, May 2006
“Crunching the Numbers on Alternative Fuels,” Popular Mechanics, April 2006
“The Next Petroleum,” Newsweek, August 2005
