::**::**::Biodiesel Car Show::**::**::
Saturday March 27, 2004 10 am- 3 pm - FREE!
Downtown Berkeley Farmer's Market
Allston Way between Milvia Street and Martin Luther
King Jr. Way

Get inspired to end your petroleum addiction! Say goodbye to foreign oil dependence and spewing
greenhouse gases with a biodiesel vehicle the like of which you’ll see on display by the dozen at the
Biodiesel Car Show.
 Mercedes, Volkswagens, schoolbuses and fire trucks and more will be there to show off the
power of vegetable-based fuel. While seeing, smelling and experiencing the magic of combusting grease in
state-of-the-art machines and classic rides, mechanics will be on hand to demystify the diesel engine. The
demonstrations on biodiesel basics, production and troubleshooting your vehicle will satisfy your
curiosity about the nation’s fastest growing alternative fuel at this event hosted by the Berkeley
Biodiesel Collective.

Biodiesel fuel has many advantages to petroleum diesel- its renewable, recycled, non-toxic,
biodegradable, and domestically produced. 100 % biodiesel fuel reduces emission of greenhouse gases by
78.3%, particulate matter by 55.4%, hydrocarbons by 56.3%, mutagenicity by 80-90% and sulfur by 100%.

And this fuel can operate in any diesel engine without any major modifications.

A little known fact is that the diesel engine was designed to run on a variety of fuels including vegetable oil. At the 1898 World’s Exhibition in Paris, inventor Rudolph Diesel demonstrated his new combustion engine-- running on peanut oil. Over 100
years later we return to Dr. Diesel invention as a solution to global warming and energy independence.
The Berkeley Biodiesel Collective celebrates Rudolph Diesel’s birthday- March 18, 1858- with this car show
with a twist!

Saturday, March 27, 2004
Time: 10 am- 3 pm
Location: Allston Way between Milvia Street and Martin
Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley
Costs: Free

Demonstrations Schedule:
10 am The Blender Batch- the basic process and chemistry of biodiesel
11 am Fuel Filter Change
11 am Diesel Engine Basics
12 pm Biodiesel 101- intro to homebrewing
12 pm Straight Vegetable Oil Conversion
1 pm Trouble-shooting your biodiesel vehicle

Free valet bike parking

DIESEL VEHICLES BY INVITATION ONLY. TAKE BART TO THE
DOWNTOWN BERKELEY STATION, BIKE OR WALK AS PARKING
WILL BE LIMITED
Info: Berkeley Biodiesel Collective
www.berkeleybiodiesel.org 510-594-4000x 777