bayarea: San Francisco Fryer Oil Skirmish - 06/27/08 10:20 AM
As if there isn’t enough bio-diesel controversy over the food for fuel debate now we have a little skirmish arising here in San Francisco. When we walk by any San Francisco restaurant (particularly the ones that have that delish yet oh so bad for you fried cuisine) we can smell where this fuss originated – the fryers. Yes, it’s that oh so wonderful french fry grease that companies like Blue Sky Bio-fuels and Got Grease work with to create biofuel. To us this method makes much more sense to reuse old oil and grease than to the create fuel directly from … (1 comments)

bayarea: First Annual City Solar Awards - 10/19/07 12:08 PM
It wasn’t exactly the Oscars or even the mostly defunct Bammies but the solarati rolled down the green carpet for the First Annual City Solar Awards to pick up their awards (not sure what they are called) for Bay Area cities with the largest number of Solar Homes and Businesses.
Before the festivities, the crowd dined on veggie hors d'œuvres and solar powered wine (but alas no organic beer) and pulled Green from their pockets to bid on silent auction sustainable items like a solar water pump and Solio solar cell phone and Ipod charger.
The ceremonies, minus the paparazzi (except … (4 comments)