Okay, we are in no way naive enough to think that making biofuel from waste material is going to free the United States from it dependency of oil. But we continue to focus on these types of stories because it does two things:
1) It definitely offsets at least some fuel (like in the following story). And
2) Any time you can turn waste into something useful besides landfill, it is always a good thing.
So we say kudos to Michigan Technical Academy high school!
School of fuel
BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI • FREE PRESS EDUCATION WRITER • September 13, 2008
NOTE: Below are only excerpts, but you can read the whole article by clicking the link above.
"With Hurricane Ike bearing down on gulf coast oil rigs and gas prices that could head up to as much as $4.50 a gallon, one local school is managing to fuel some of its buses for a mere 80 cents a gallon.
Students in the Michigan Technical Academy high school in Redford Township, a charter school focused on automotive, electrical and college preparatory curriculums, are making biofuel from corn oil previously used to fry tortilla chips.
Besides making the buses smell a little like a Mexican restaurant, the biofuel program is teaching students that a little ingenuity can confront serious environmental issues. It all started when automotive technology director Marty Depowski wanted to keep his classes interesting."
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