Peninsula Biodiesel Co-op

2005-02-22T17:44:00.000-08:00

some municipal diesel usage data - may be useful in negotiating a service swap with municipalities (fuel-for-land, access, zoning)...

Northbrook, IL (pop. 34,000) used 42k+ gal of diesel in fy 2004 (at $1.50/gal)
Palo Alto, CA (pop. 58,000) bought 129k+ gal of diesel in fy 2004, incl. 31k+ gal of B20
Green Bay, WI (pop. 101,515) used 201k+ gal of diesel in fy 2003
Fresno, CA (pop. 420,000) used 1 mil. gal of diesel for refuse trucks alone in fy 2004

2005-02-19T14:47:00.000-08:00

Today's meeting
Look here for notes.

btw.....
Golf cargo liners
Jetta cargo liners

This is where I bought mine.. the prices were good and the shipping was quick.

2005-02-15T13:30:00.000-08:00

meeting proposal
let's have a meeting this weekend to discuss stanford's grease. see the forums.

2005-02-08T11:46:00.000-08:00

forum
i set up a free forum... let me know what you think.

2005-02-06T16:14:00.000-08:00

Meeting notes
Click here for meeting notes from yesterday's meeting in PDF format.

2005-02-02T23:40:00.000-08:00

meeting
this saturday, 11am in downtown Palo Alto. Send me an email for more details... I'll try to post notes afterward.

2004-06-04T14:01:00.000-07:00

Let's Do Lunch
Send me email if you're interested in having lunch with us next thursday or friday in Palo Alto.

2004-04-21T18:53:00.000-07:00

no update.. no meeting
there's been some interest brewing, and I've spoken to a few people that would like to attend a meeting. However, somehow we missed the April meeting.. so let's plan on a meeting in May, on the 13th, 8pm, Acterra. Please send me email for more info, I will attempt to coordinate with paloaltobiodiesel and Acterra.

2004-03-09T22:39:00.000-08:00

Meeting 11th March 2004
Hi All,

It's that time again.. this month's meeting is scheduled for this thursday night, 8-9pm. We'd like to discus thoughts/progress on the mobile fueling/mobile brewing station idea, and we are, of course, still open to suggestion for a stationary permanent/semi-permanent/1-day-per-month site for either fuel storage or brewing.

Hope to see you there!

cheers,

-mitch

2004-02-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

Next Meeting
Acterra Library, 12th February, 8pm. I'm planning on posting meeting notes from the last meeting, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Email me if you'd like to be added to the evite for this meeting.

2004-01-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Meeting Reminder
Don't forget, the next meeting is at Acterra, on the 15th of January, from 8 to 9pm. Tell your friends!

2003-12-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

First Meeting
The first meeting was attended by Mitch, Forest, Jason, Nancy, Sailesh, Dillon, Foster, Nick, Brian, and David (please let me know if I missed someone). We discussed different strategies for bulk buy, production, teaming with local government and the university, and shared some basic (and not so basic) info about the technology. Many thanks to everyone who attended. It appears that we have critical mass and can begin to execute as soon as we have gathered a little more information (especially about storage sites, cooperation with the city, local business, and with the univeristy). I added a link on the right to our preferred forum of communication, the yahoo group.

2003-12-10T18:43:00.000-08:00

Good News
BioFuel Oasis have received their permit and will begin selling fuel soon! This may be a model for us to follow eventually.

2003-12-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

First Meeting, update
We now have a venue for the first meeting of the Peninsula Biodiesel Co-op. Send email to mitch at peninsulabiodiesel.org for directions.

2003-11-26T12:16:00.000-08:00

The First Meeting
Has been set for 11 December from 8-9pm. The plan is to put faces to names, and come up with a regular meeting schedule and location. Email me for directions and for my phone number.

2003-11-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

Nice article about biodiesel
In wired news.

2003-11-17T20:02:00.000-08:00

Working out logistics
I'm currently exchanging emails with Yokayo biofuels and Acterra (as well as with a few other local biodiesel activists) to get as much info as possible as to logistics and cost, so we can make decisions about how to procede in our first meeting.
our first meeting
Oh yeah, we should have one. Send an email to Mitch if you're interested in coming to the first meeting, and we can all work out a time and place.

2003-11-14T15:49:00.000-08:00

Gaining momentum
After a few posts on paloaltobiodiesel yahoo group, it seems like support is high for a local co-op. I emailed Lindsay (Betty Biodiesel) and she has some suggestions for getting started, which I will post a little later. I also emailed Acterra to see their level of interest.