Our energy usage as a nation is vast, and the battle to curtail it by inventing more efficient cars, for instance, or electronic devices, is ongoing. Naturally, lots of other issues can be folded into this complex dilemma, including politics and good old-fashioned capitalism, as last I checked, oil companies are floating on an ocean of capital raked in during the especially profitable past few years. I’m always most interested in how energy usage affects the environment, from air to water quality, to other types of pollution such as those that soak into the land itself. Here is a very interesting story regarding a couple that decided to drive a car fueled by vegetable oil, and the resoundingly negative and confused response they have gotten from the state of Illinois.
Tags: alternative fuel, cars, conservation, oil, pollution


