Here’s an interesting application for propane that targets the dairy industry from a company that’s known for making gas fired appliances. One of the companies that the Propane Education & Research Council is working with on some projects is Rinnai. One thing they’re doing that is real interesting is tankless water heaters. As you’ll hear in my interview with Mike …
Propane Powered Mowers
We think of propane as a cooking or heating fuel but how about mowers? I met Chris Row with Manchester Tank here at Propane Days and we talked about mowers. Chris says that his company is working with several OEM’s to bring propane powered mowers to market. I think they’re focusing on mower fleets primarily at this point. He says …
Propane Days and PERC
This morning I met with the President/CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council, Roy Willis. He was on hand at the sessions taking place for the 3rd Annual Propane Days here in Washington, DC. Roy says PERC’s goal here is to help educate policy makers so that they make good decisions based on sound science and research. I asked …
Trucking With Propane
As I promo’d last week, I’m here in Washington, DC at Propane Days. The Roush F-150 Propane Injection Truck is the first thing I got to learn about since it was on display right outside the hotel where the main program is taking place. To learn all about it I interviewed Tom Arnold, director, Roush Manufacturing. He says that the …
EcoJet Talk With Bernard Juchli
While I was attending last week’s CMA Music Festival Jay Leno’s EcoJet showed up on display. Traveling along to appear in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race was Jay Leno’s Garage manager, Bernard Juchli. Thanks to John Herath, producer of the nationally syndicated agricultural talk radio show, AgriTalk, for videotaping me doing the interview. John also edited it together …
Biodiesel Talk With Joe Jobe
After Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board did an XM Radio, Dave Nemo Show appearance I got a chance to interview him here at the CMA Music Festival. He’s really happy to get an opportunity this weekend to work with New Holland and Michael Peterson as they help promote biodiesel here. Earlier this year the NBB gave New …
EcoJet On Display at CMA
When I traveled to Jay Leno’s Garage recently the EcoJet was still being worked on and we couldn’t take pictures of it. Now it’s out on tour and the latest stop is the CMA Music Festival at the New Holland tent. Jay has a New Holland Boomer tractor to pull cars around in his garage and it runs on a …
Interest PERC’d in Propane
Here’s a heads up about a short trip I’m taking next week courtesy of the Propane Education & Research Council. I’ll be attending Propane Days, which is sponsored in part by PERC. Propane Days is put on by the National Propane Gas Association to educate policymakers on the benefits of propane. I’ll be there for a couple of days to …
FFA Making Biodiesel
This week I’m attending the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN to do some work with New Holland and Michael Peterson. The activities culminate for us with the 2nd annual Michael Peterson/New Holland Tractor Race. You can learn more about it on Agwired. While here though I ran into a story I thought you might be interested in. Pictured here …
Don Scott Travelling With EcoJet
I think I know how Don Scott feels. Don works for the National Biodiesel Board and is following Jay Leno’s EcoJet car on Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour. Jay’s car runs on biodiesel. You might remember me being invited by New Holland to go along on a trip to Jay Leno’s Garage with NBB CEO Joe Jobe. We got to …