Just a quick post to let you all know what’s been going on. Apart from being very busy with work (50-60 hours per week on average over the last month and a half), I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in the Certified Organic Association of British Columbia Tradeshow this weekend in Abbotsford.

The BCSEA has a booth there, and I will be on hand Saturday and Sunday to discuss sustainable energy issues at large. I’ll probably learn more than I share, so the blessing is for me in reality. Plus the food is (naturally) out of this world. (Which is a good thing!) The Future of Food was the feature film tonight.

Moving along…

I have yet to do the fuel filter modification to my car, and being that temperatures are still quite low (today it was zero), I have not yet begun running B50 or B100 biodiesel. However, the good news is that the B20 in Delta is now available in a low-pressure and small nozzle pump.

Marie Harwood is still considering options for her book about my trip across Canada.

Doors are closing and doors are opening. Let the right doors open. I sense some large-scale changes coming this year, and maybe a new project as well.

Don’t forget to follow the Fuel Challenge, as they will soon be travelling across North America. Which reminds me, I need to start planning my guess for that leg. I could use 2500 litres of fuel courtesy of Shell!! ;-) To date (as of day 38), they have travelled just over 16,000 kms on 668 litres of fuel, which is 4.17 L/100km. Remembering that my 33 day trip was 16,344 kms, I can very easily relate to how they must be feeling.

The Vancouver International Autoshow is coming up at the end of March. I will be there, and will bring you some insights on what’s new and upcoming.

Happy 60th Pharmadude! (You know who you are…) Stay tuned for your coordinates and much more phun.

Closing food for thought:

“Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic truth.

Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the ecological truth.”

- Oystein Dahle, former Exxon vice president for Norway and the North Sea

The car made an appearance at a couple of schools recently to promote the Better Air School Contests in Abbotsford. (pdf link of press release). Thanks to John Vissers for filling in and driving the car for the day on short notice.

The car will be used until at least March 31 to promote the One-Tonne Challenge. After that date, it’s anyone’s guess what’ll happen. I am looking at additional opportunities to utilize the car for specific promotions.

I’ve been running B20 biodiesel which is now available in Delta, BC. (More details on this to follow.) Cruise control was added two weeks ago. It’s working brilliantly. Thanks to Steve at smartieparts.com for the unit at a great price. BTW, he has his car on eBay. Good luck Steve!

John and Helen Taylor are still driving around the world. They are in Thailand right now. Be sure to visit the website… They are averaging 4.26 L/100 km to date, which is awesome considering their start in Europe had a few hiccups, not to mention really cold weather.

I have been super busy at work the last three weeks, and therefore, some planned changes to the site have been delayed.

More soon…