BrevardBioDiesel Blog

Florida Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition is putting on a 1 day workshop covering biodiesel topics on Friday October 3rd, 2008. It will be held from 10am to 3pm at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) at 1679 Clearlake Road in Cocoa FL.

Topic: Bio-diesel Production and Use in Florida

Fee: $10 for workshop materials

Updated link:
Registration via FSEC.

Agenda:
9:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
10:10 AM Overview of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technologies
10:30 AM Feedstock for Producing Biodiesel
11:00 AM Production of Fuel
11:30 AM Quality Standards for Fuel Grade
Noon Lunch (on your own)
1:00 PM Using Bio-Diesel in Your Vehicle
1:30 PM Fueling Stations: How do I Get it
2:00 PM Incentives and Regulations
2:30 PM State of the Technology
3:00 PM Closing

The sponsors of this event are:
National Alternative Fuel Training Consortium
Florida Solar Energy Center
Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition
Traviss Technical College
University of Central Florida

The 65mpg Ford ECOnetic will go on sale in November, but not in the U.S. Why? Because Ford thinks a diesel model does not make business sense in this country. At a net price of $24,400 (after $1300 tax deduction), the vehicle is about the same price as a Toyota Prius.
The specs on the EcoNetic are 51mpg city, 74 mpg highway. It uses a 1.6L TCDi diesel. CO2 Emissions are 98g/km (better than a Prius).

Girl Mark is returning with her renowned biodiesel classes to Brooksville FL (about 1.5 hours west of Orlando, 1 hour north of Tampa) on October 9-10-11-12. (She offered classes earlier this year at the same location.) You can read about the classes at her site.

She is being hosted by Michael P., part of the Florida Biodiesel Yahoo group.