Burning Man: DIY Energy Makers
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Burning Man is filled with hackers, artists and makers of all walks. We thought we would search out the energy geeks and see how they were utilizing resources out in the middle of nowhere. The obvious, most abundant source of energy in Black Rock City is the Sun. Solar arrays ranged from the milk-crate supported to the 10,000 watt, “could (and did) power a small village” variety. It was great to see electric art cars charging off the sun! Waste Veggie Oil diesel conversions were also a favorite among burners for powering art cars and generators, too. Thanks to Maestro, David and Nick for sharing their desert energy oases with us!
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September 13th, 2007 at 8:47 am
[…] Burning Man is filled with hackers, artists and makers of all walks. We thought we would search out the energy geeks and see how they were utilizing resources out in the middle of nowhere. The obvious, most abundant source of energy in Black Rock City is the Sun. Solar arrays ranged from the milk-crate supported to the 10,000 watt, “could (and did) power a small village” variety. It was great to see electric art cars charging off the sun! Waste Veggie Oil diesel conversions were also a favorite … Original Post PodTech.net: Technology and Entertainment Video Network […]
November 6th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Question: How much energy is consumed producing the chemicals used to turn the oil into biodiesel? Sometimes “energy savings at any price” works out to be “energy lost while we’re not looking”
November 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
hey joseph
no one in this video used biodiesel.
the one fellow fueling his car was using straight waste vegetable oil from restaurants. so there were no extra chemicals involved in the process. i agree with you 100% that biodiesel (which is different than straight, waste veggie oil) is a waste of energy and resources.
-ryanne
ryanishungry.com