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I awoke this morning on Gabriola Island, after departing from the Collective Biodiesel Conference in Duncan, British Columbia, and I must say I am in awe.

Today was a normal day at the plant.  I looked out of the Control Room and saw some guys in suits walking through the banana trees.

This was a strange weekend for me.  I had signed up to pull at shift a Ribfest in Winston Salem, and I ended up talking to White House advisors in Durham.

I was bludgeoned at the North Carolina legislature today.  It looks like “Big Fat” is going to win this state, just like they did in Virginia.

Today we are selling our fuel for 3.75/gallon.  Which is cheaper than the street price for diesel. And today we find that to be bizarre.

For the past few years the North Carolina Department of Transportation has been sponsoring oilseed trials along their right of ways.

These days natural gas is all the rage.  It is abundant, and cheap, and the sooner we power our economy with it, the better off we will all be.

Today I awoke smiling.  Yesterday we staged the 10th annual Sustainable Biodiesel Summit, and we pulled it off with flying colors.

It’s funny.  In our go-go world of enzymatic biodiesel production, million dollar grants, methanol distillation, and generally big ideas, we tend to forget about how to use gravity.