Any of you guys or gals go to college? If you did, I bet you would have liked to have taken a cool road trip across the country with a friend, huh? Maybe you did! Regardless, you'll enjoy the story about these two young women, Aislinn and Sara, who did just that. Better yet, they did the whole thing in a van converted to run on biodiesel and vegetable oil! Close to our hearts, these two. They began calling themselves "Canola Strollas" and set up a Myspace page where you can read their blogs and see some pictures. Even more pictures of the conversion process and parts of their trip can be seen here. I liked their list of "ways you can help", so I copied the points below.
[Source: Myspace via a tip from Shawn, aka b00ga. Thanks!]
- Drive with an alternative fuel.
- Tell everyone you can about what we've done and convince them to try it to.
- Tell the government to fund the research for alternative fuels.
- If you're rich, fund the research yourself.
- Elect government officials who are concerned about our dependency on foreign oil.
- Run for a position in the government if no one else is promoting these alternatives.
- Try to get gas stations to get biodiesel or ethanol at the pumps.
- Talk to local bus fleets and get them to switch to biodiesel.
- Research ways you can fuel your home with alternative fuels.
- Do everything else you can to help preserve our environment (recycle, plant trees, shower w/a friend, etc).
[Source: Myspace via a tip from Shawn, aka b00ga. Thanks!]
