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Austin Alt Car: face-to-face with a biofuel Hummer |
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Yazar Sebastian Blanco
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19 11 2008 |
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Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Culture, HUMMER, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, Austin Alt Car Expo 
click for more shots of the biodiesel H1
The H1 in the center of the Austin Alt Car expo show floor was decked out in a Health Yes! paint job but it was the handmade sign that caught the eye. "Powered by Vegetable Oil and Biodiesel," it read and was yet another one of these hard-to-know-why type of conversions. I mean, if you"re trying to win greenie points, why start with a vehicle that, by anybody"s calculations, burns tremendous amounts of fuel?
Whatever the reason, the Hummer was part of the booth sponsored by the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, which is pushing for a sustainable biodiesel standard DieselGreen Fuels of Austin. Sadly, SBA board member Daryl Hannah was not present at Alt Car, but at least we got a good look at the two vehicles the SBA brought to the show, the Hummer and a VW with the Veg Oil vanity plate and a warning over the fuel tank (UPDATE: which was legally mandated).
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