Biodiesel use skyrockets at this year's Burning Man event
This year, the annual Burning Man event out in the South Western desert of the U.S. decided to take on a green tint. As a matter of fact, the event is always pretty good about cleaning up after themselves and recycling. But, this year they decided to go a step further and call the event the Green Man. Despite the premature burning of their large wooden man, chances are that event-goers still had a good time, if that's their sort of thing. Going along with the green theme this year, reports are coming in that biodiesel was quite a popular fuel for this year's festivities. Besides biodiesel, many human-powered transportation devices were reportedly present, including donated bicycles. Wanna know more and also what's in store for next year? Keep an eye on their official blog. Unfortunately, no mention of Mechabolic "dinosaur slugs" was made...
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Jesse Robbins 6:53PM (9/11/2007)
The Mechabolic wasn't ready for the event. Hopefully they will be able to complete their project in the future.
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Owain Ozymandias Buck 10:34AM (9/12/2007)
How about next year, they symbolically burn a smaller man, make the big man out of scrap, and then chip him up for mulch, pelletization, etc.?
Still, I like the theme.
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reader 12:10PM (9/12/2007)
Anyone see the 100-ft wooden oil-derrick tower get torched there?
900 gallons of jet fuel and 3000 pounds of propane and a lot of pyrotechnics were used to create a massive mushroom cloud.
Real green.
Also, most of the RVs were old gasoline powered jobs that got about 5mpg. Nothing green about hauling an entire small city over the sierras for a week.
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