Biodiesel

Notes

For more information contact:
Erin Hanrahan
Chelsea Green Publishing
hanrahan@chelseagreen.com
802-295-6300 x106

November 15, 2004

Greetings!

For many years now, the biodiesel industry in America has been making steady progress on strengthening our troubled fuel economy. Thank you for your work. As eyebrows raise across the country at the increasing prices of oil, propane, and natural gas; we’re hopeful that more and more people will turn to biodiesel as a sensible and appealing alternative energy source. That’s why this winter, Chelsea Green Publishing will be pleased to introduce Greg Pahl’s Biodiesel, a vital examination of the political, economic, and environmental possibilities of homegrown fuel.

Greg Pahl’s new book will bring the reality of biodiesel to a wide new market. But most people will probably have serious questions about what biodiesel is and what it can do for them. Where has this technology come from? Are there standards for production and quality? What would be involved in switching over to a biodiesel fuel blend? And where is biodiesel heading? Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy answers these questions and more.

As a full-time freelance journalist and the author of Natural Home Heating, Greg Pahl has been covering energy and the environment for more than twenty years. He has carefully researched the history of biofuels and stands well prepared to asses their future. In Biodiesel, Pahl looks critically at the fuel-producing potential of a variety of feedstocks, including palm oil, safflower oil, canola oil, and even algae. He shows how biodiesel production could provide for more than 20% of our diesel fuel needs in today’s market.

It’s not hard to see how a book like this could benefit the biofuels industry. We hope it does! Please take a look at this advanced reader’s copy and, if you like, send us some feedback. If you are interested in talking to the author or ordering the book wholesale, feel free to contact us at Chelsea Green. Thanks again for all your important work.

Sincerely,

Erin Hanrahan