On the clean road again : biodiesel and the future of the family farm / Willie Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Willie, 1933-

Series:

Speaker's corner books.

Speaker's corner books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiesel fuels--United States.

Biodiesel fuels.

Vegetable oils as fuel--United States.

Vegetable oils as fuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than 40 years, Willie Nelson has been a national treasure, contributing many memorable songs to our musical canon. His impact, however, extends far beyond the scope of his music. A champion of family farms, Nelson has helped mobilize support for the American farmer, both as a founder of Farm Aid and more recently as one of the nation's most knowledgeable and recognized advocates of the use of biodiesel - a clean-burning, renewable fuel made from vegetable oils or animal fats. In this funny and inspirational book, Nelson confronts our dependency on foreign oil as a source of energy. Th

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Jason Hoar 11; Foreword by Jake Stewart 13; Introduction: I Can't Wait to Get on the Road Again 17; Part I: The Past: The Black Mistress 19; I'm Drowning in a Whiskey River 21; To All the Oils I've Loved Before 23; Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over 26; I Get My Energy from the Sun 27; Part II: The Future: Yesterday's Wine 29; Petroleum versus Biodiesel 31; Sometimes It's Heaven, Sometimes It's Hell 35; There's a Home Place Under Fire Tonight in the Heartland 36; I've Been Everywhere, Man 37; School of Hard NOx 38; Pick Up the Tempo 43; BioWillie 47

Fuel for Thought 72Afterword: The Future of Alternative Energy by Gavin David James Harper 74; Helpful Resources 90

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-46776-X

9786612467769

1-55591-844-1

OCLC:

609854317