Wall Street Journal does an indepth article on India's biodiesel "oil-seed" crop of choice ... is it the right thing or not? (long, but informative article)

As was pointed out on our Yahoo Group, there will be a Living Green Special which will highlight biodiesel as an alternative fuel. (Thanks Charlie)

Living Green:
Soy Bio-Diesel Fuel Good For Economy

This coming Monday, WCPO is presenting a prime-time special on "Living Green," the new environmental trend.

One of the sponsors of the program wants all of us to experiment with Bio-Diesel, specifically, fuel made from soybeans.

H2Diesel Holdings, Inc. ("H2Diesel") , announced today that it has placed into service its first bio-fuel production plant, a 3 million gallon per year pilot facility, jointly developed with Twin Rivers Technologies L.P. ("Twin Rivers").

The plant, co-located at Twin Rivers' facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, represents H2Diesel's next step in commercializing its new technology for the manufacture of high-quality bio-fuel from a wide variety of vegetable oils and animal fats. Major equipment for the facility has been provided under lease by Sonic Corporation of Stratford, Connecticut.

Not local ... but Minnesota continues to lead in the biodiesel push:

Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to raise Minnesota's biodiesel mandate from 2 percent to 20 percent, a move that would boldly send Minnesota where no state has gone before.

And critics would say where it shouldn't go.

Local Cincinnati Post article might interest some ...

Ohio remains without any operating ethanol plants despite several well-publicized attempts to build them.

That could change within the next year, officials said. Up to five plants should begin producing the corn-based fuel next year, said Jamie Gentry, agribusiness liaison with the Ohio Department of Development.

The preferred renewable fuel for our VW TDIs might be biodiesel, but an Austrailian company is suggesting ethanol for diesels. (sort of)

Australia's Terra Fuel Technologies has come up with a device that, when added to a diesel car, bus or truck, lets the vehicle also run partly on ethanol. You need to add a second gas tank on the vehicle to hold ethanol, but in the end, it's an ethanol-diesel car. The device, a black box, controls the flow of ethanol into the engine.

Ohio is offering tax incentives on soybean-based B20 biodiesel as well as E85 ethanol, each retailer can lower their price per gallon by at least ten cents, making the two renewable resource fuels that much more affordable to consumers.

How cool is this?

FOX Sports Chooses All-Star Fuel for All-Star Game
Sports network commits to B20 for MLB All-Star Game and other sporting events