Diesel is amazing stuff. I was just reading about how the latest generation of cars can run on straight vegetable oil (SVO), biodiesel or diesel without any muss or fuss by drivers — single tank systems are cool. It’s about $2000 to convert a regular diesel to be able to run on any of the three fuels. That’s different than in the past when people had to choose between a diesel or SVO setup.

Even more shocking is the fact that the Disney empire has gone biodiesel:

For Disneyland, the switch to biodiesel saves as much as 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year, while potentially reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 80 percent, Disneyland Resort spokesman Bob Tucker said Monday.

“The decision, once we knew the trains would perform well, was an easy one,” said Frank Dela Vara, technical director for Disneyland’s Environmental Affairs.

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“We want other companies and the people that come and visit to be inspired by what we’re doing, and practice their own ways of improving the environment,” Tucker said.

Great. Now if they could just stop trying to trademark stuff in the public domain and stop criminalization of storytelling and information sharing.