The Oil + Water Project
By The Biofuels Education Coalition
In defiance of the old adage that oil and water don't mix, professional kayakers Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt have planned the ultimate road trip -- or more accurately, the ultimate road + river trip. In their Oil + Water Project, the kayaking duo-turned-alternative-energy-advocates will travel from one set of rapids to the next via a converted fire truck powered solely from biofuel refined by an on-board veggie press and processing system. In the tour's first leg, spanning the 16,000-mile stretch between Alaska and Chile, Warren and Bradt hope to bring their grassroots biofuel demonstrations to young students and the developing world, while kayaking some serious whitewater along the way. -- Evan Noetzel
http://www.oilandwaterproject.org/

Fuel Choices Pressure Stations
By John Gartner, Wired Blogs' Autopia (on an Associated Press piece)
'Bio-diesel' and 'ethanol' are sharing signage with 'unleaded' and 'leaded' as gas stations begin to offer these gasoline alternatives. A San Diego gas station offers the aforementioned along with the normal petrol fare. That's great for green-minded drivers, but a little shaky for gas station owners. The San Diego station hasn't turned a profit yet, and such suppliers jumping onto the alt-fuel bandwagon will likely have to eat the costs of equipping themselves to handle higher-volume fuels. With demand for these options still only tentative, owners risk jumping the gun or being left in the dust. -- Rachel Anderson
http://blog.wired.com/cars/index.blog?entry_id=1500759

Click This
By Kara Ashe, Dragonfire
Why settle for tried-and-true vacation spots when a few mouse clicks can reveal a cache of alternative tourist destinations? From locating women-only adventure tours to supernatural haunts, the web is your portal to the world. GoNOMAD's first-hand accounts by culture-sensitive bloggers will inspire you to abandon the beaten track (and the accompanying fast-food chains), in favor of treks through snow-capped mountains. Prefer traveling on wheels? Check out Cycle Events to plan a tour through Thailand's ancient ruins or Tasmania's lush national parks. Or, just for fun, visit Fabulous Travel's 'Weird Wandering to explore the spooky (stay with a ghostly companion at New Mexico's Taos Inn) or kitsch (don't miss the world's only salt and pepper shaker museum) sights nearest you. -- Kristen Mueller
http://www.dfire.org/x2734.xml