All food for thought About what ought... But is not.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] a question..... > >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/ > > > > 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/
