>Straight Renewable Oil = SRO > >Why I use the term: > > - it is not always vegetable oil. Let's leave the door open for animal >fats, algae , etc., and start to move away from the "smells like french >fries - groovy, huh?" type news stories. > > > - it IS renewable, and the adoption and use of the term and acronym can >help to introduce and reinforce the concept that this fuel, being renewable >on an annual basis therefore stands in stark contrast to fossil fuels >(including petrodiesel...and most of the natural gas that is produced at >this time). > >Keith used to disagree with me on this term being used and thought it would >confuse folks and the media, but I am persistent. It is a term I ease into >use, and explain, when talking to reporters, and they do still use >"vegetable" most times, but that's ok, the discussion on it gets the idea >out there at least.
Keith still disagrees with you, Ed. And is a reporter and has been a newspaper editor, and thinks there's a great deal of sense in the fact that virtually all newspapers restrict the use of acronyms and resist new ones. This subject came up on the list when I was trying for something better than the usual "WVO" - waste vegetable oil - because, as Ed says, it isn't only vegetable and it isn't only oil. IMHO we never did get anything better, and still labour along with not only WVO and SVO but now also SRO, and I think Ed has some others he likes too. Then there's RME, REE, HySEE, and heaven knows what else. And we complain when people start calling all sorts of stuff "biodiesel". I also don't agree that "it smells like French fries" is something to move away from. It works well, catches a lot. The waste cooking oil as diesel fuel angle is a good one already, it catches the imagination. Everyone's choked on stinking diesel fumes - that WVO (!!) biodiesel smells like you can eat it (you can) is catchy and lively, it accomplishes a lot. That picture of the dog with its nose stuck up a BD Land Rover's exhaust pipe is good, so is the yarn about the doubts Yellowstone Park rangers had about using biodiesel that the smell would attract bears. It'll stick in the mind better than saying it's clean-burning and renewable, and is a good platform for then saying that. Anyways, to each his own, eh? A great day to you too Ed. :-) Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >;-) > >Have a great day, all! > >Ed Beggs > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
