Biodiesel Power is a history of the people, organizations, politics and one mans passion for biodiesel; who the major players are now, what the future of this renewable source of fuel will be and how anyone can learn to get into it, from the blender batch to the full scale mini-refinery.

Does the realm of current political struggle tend to make you upset or feel dependent in anyway every time you are forced to fill the gas tank with ever increasing gas prices?

What about the story of grass-roots activists and their co-ops, does that story intrigue you, or do you find interest in the commercial, moneymaking agribusiness of biofuel that has popped up in response?

This book takes you on a journey through all of those questions and the emerging biofuel industry, touching up on technical details like quality and specs (not teaching in depth how to make this veggie-fuel), exploring the whos and whats as well as the tensions that have existed and still exist today between the different players.

The author of this book, started out as a simple do-it-yourself, soon became the passionate mad chemist-type, went through hardships and success stories, to finally become Vice President of Piedmont Biofuels in Chatham County, North Carolina.

This 272-page paperback, written by Lyle Estill, published by New Society, made from recycled paper, measuring 8.3 x 5.5 x 1, ships at 13.6 ounces.

The passion, the people, and the politics of the next renewable fuel, Biodiesel Power is the kind of book that will help anybody looking to get into this field, understand what it takes to be successful, and most of all, the benefits of doing so, for a more sustainable way of life, that is self-reliant, right now.