Even this decision is just plain gray and fuzzy (why can’t being green be a bit more black and white?)… We decided to look for an oldie but a goodie Mercedes that we could convert to bio-diesel and we found one in mint condition. It has 170,000 miles on it and is just plain cool. The carseats will fit in the back (nevermind that there are no airbags to save the mom and dad driving), the radio works (and actually has a cd player- yee haw, the ’83 saab did not) and with a few switches of the tubes, we can get Dr. Dan’s to fill ‘er up with bio-diesel.
Now, bio-diesel is getting a bad rap for creating major resource suck to get produced and to make it across the country to us here in Seattle. But Dr. Dans says he carbon balances his gas and it is all made from waste. Hmmm. Gotta love the Pac-Northwest, there are about 4 bio-diesel pumps within 5 miles of our home including one at a coffee stand nearby… and there is a bio-diesel conference here this weekend that I may drag little Ms. Stella too- she’s going to so over-educated on this topic at the ripe age of 8 months! Gotta
