A while back I did a post about the green movement and how some local businesses were embracing real energy improvement practices in their daily routines. This featured The Red Blazer on Manchester Street in Concord NH.
Well this Independence Day The Blazer was in the news again!
The Red Blazer decided to spend Independence Day as Energy Independence Day! A story on NPR reported how for two hours the Blazer decided to"opt out" of the Power Grid and operated all of their energy eaters off of their recycled vegetable oil generator.
They started off on diesel ....brought the fuel up to temperature and then circulated it through the Vegetable oil generator to bring the temperature up on that. They ran for two hours and no one knew the difference! They eventually hope to operate for 6-8 hours during peak shifts to get Electric Grid Credits from their leftover fry grease that they used to pay to have disposed of.
One of the main reasons the Blazer is becoming so invested in this "Green" movement is to encourage other restaurant owners to try their own endeavors. This economy is especially hard on Food Service businesses' and the savings in energy could actually mean the difference in a non-existent and adequate profit!
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