PrairieFire BioFuels

Energy Fair - Thanks to all our PFBF Volunteers!

It's time to extend hearty thanks to everyone who came 
to talk to the fairgoers about PFBF at the MREA Energy 
Fair this past weekend. 
 
The list of volunteers included Mike C., Mike S., Mary E., 
Sara W.,Forrest S., Alan F., Alicia L., Luke M., Adam B., 
Bob V., Cris F., and Kurt R.  I hope I didn't forget anybody. 
 
We had a busy weekend, and had a very interesting time 
educating the public. If you want to try this kind of thing, 
let us know.  We'll be doing it again for the Hybrid Fest in 
Madison, WI July 21st & 22nd along with the Illinois RE Fair 
on August 9 and 10 2008.

Thanks,
Mike Clark
Volunteer Coordinator

ELSBETT celebrates 10 years in the US Market

Ten years ago Elsbett started successfully in the US market selling their vegetable oil conversion kits. In 1998 Elsbett made the first conversion of a 2-cylinder stationary Kubota Engine for a California customer. During the following years they organized together with their service partners dozens of workshops in different states and presented the Elsbett technology in cars, trucks, tractors, semis & construction equipment. Currently there are well over 2,000 engines running the Elsbett SVO systems in the United States.

Since 1998 the fuel price increased by nearly 200% and there are many reasons for a further rising of the fuel prices. Maybe we won’t believe it, but we already passed the peak of the crude oil exploitation, new crude oil sources are still available but only for an incredible high price. During the last weeks Elsbett actively joined the discussion about competition between bio-fuel and food production. We support stable and low food prices with using waste vegetable oil especially in the US.

99 percent of our US customers are running there engines on recycled waste vegetable oil. We expressed our doubts about the huge Bioethanol production in the world, one of the least efficient ways to produce automotive fuel from biomass. Furthermore, we demonstrated with expertises the low carbon footprint of our technology compared to other solutions and even to bio-fuels of the second generation.

Another study about the higher risk of mutagenity when running vegetable oil explained the necessity of a professional engine conversion. Since 2007 ELSBETT started to fit diesel particular filters for modified cars to lower the total amount of particulars and smoke in the exhaust gas.

For 2008 Elsbett plans a lot of special offers for the US market.

Congratulation Elsbett on your 10 year anniversary.  PrairieFire BioFuels looks

forward to the next 10 years!