Willie Nelson gets into biofuels and Texas politics
It's not often we get the chance to combine politics, a country music legend, and sustainable energy into an
Autoblog post, so pardon us while we enjoy the opportunity. Kinky Friedman, the latest eccentric independent to run for
governor (and perhaps the most amusing as well), has announced that Willie Nelson will be his energy czar if elected.
Nelson has apparently found a way to combust biomass that doesn't get him in trouble with the law, and has started
selling the
soybean-enhanced
BioWillie diesel fuel at a few locations in Texas. Friedman likes the idea of energy independence and wants to
"stop the Saudis from playin' the jukebox and stop the rest of us
from dancin' to the tune", so that's where Nelson enters the picture. At this point, the US produces enough surplus
vegetable oil to provide about
5% of the diesel
fuel used in the US. That doesn't sound like much, but in the delicate energy market it has the potential to make a
substantial difference.
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