Greasy Rider Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future

Name: Greasy Rider Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future
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ISBN: 9781565125957

ISBN-10: 1565125959

ISBN-13: 9781565125957

Edition: 2008

Authors: Greg Melville

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Is it possible to drive coast-to-coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville is determined to try. With his college buddy Iggy riding shotgun, this green-thinking guy-who's in love with the idea of free fuel-sets out on an enlightening road trip. The quest: to be the first people to drive cross-country in a french-fry car. Will they make it from Vermont to California in a beat-up 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered on vegetable oil collected from restaurant grease Dumpsters along the way? More important, can two guys survive 192 consecutive hours together? Their expedition on and off the road includes visits to the solar-powered Google headquarters; the…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date: 10/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 257
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preparation


Burlington, Vermont, to Waterloo, New York


Waterloo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois



The Ultimate Green Home


Chicago, Illinois, to Worthington, Minnesota



Wind Power


Worthington, Minnesota, to North Platte, Nebraska



Ethanol


North Platte, Nebraska, to Golden, Colorado



Find "Fence Swingers"


Golden, Colorado, to Little America, Wyoming



Heat


Little America, Wyoming, to Lovelock, Nevada



Green Wal-Mart?


Lovelock, Nevada, to Berkeley, California


The Final Errand: The Letter


Notes


Acknowledgments