Getting Started with Biodiesel
Future of diesel vehicles - http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_future.html
List of diesel vehicle Models - http://www.gobiodiesel.com/diesel-vehicles.html
Mercedes Models - http://home.hiwaay.net/~gbf/mbmodels.html
Volkswagen Westfalia Diesel - http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/
Diesel vehicles for sale:
- Craig's List best SF Bay Area source - www.craigslist.org
- E-Bay Motors - www.motors.ebay.com
- Autotrader - www.autotrader.com
- Yahoo Classifieds - http://autos.yahoo.com/
- Bay Classifieds - weekly newspaper classifieds
- Diablo Dealer - weekly newspaper classifieds
- Classified Flea Market - weekly newspaper
- Volkswagen TDI - “TDI Club - Forum”: http://www.tdiclub.com/
- Also a biodiesel section of the forum and cover all VW issues
including warranty
- Frank Baba in Redding rebuilds Mercedes Wagons (530) 941-4046
Diesel mechanics:
- David Pham in Oakland – pager: (510) 310-2060
- Peter Zoldos in Suisun peter@autozen.com
- Coby Smolens of ValleyWagonworks in San Rafael, (415)457-5628
cobys5@attbi.com
- Mac Jacobson- Mercedes Custom, Fremont. Does a pre-purchase checkup.
510-244-4161
- Precision People’s Car Repair- 1346 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
510 524 1911 -older Volkswagen
- Noric, Auto Alpina- 1499 San Pablo Ave, 510 524 5164
Biodiesel Basics:
Buying Biodiesel: (prices subject to change)
- BioFuel Oasis in West Berkeley –2465 4th Street @ Dwight,
Berkeley, CA, 94710, $3.50/ gallon http://www.biofueloasis.com/
(510) 665-5509
- Bay Area Biofuel - http://bayareabiofuel.com/
Biodiesel made exclusively from 100% waste vegetable oil.
Contact Ken Ott (office): 510-236-3385 or Vikash Singh (mobile):
650-400-0558
Address: 112 Ohio Ave., Unit 1, Richmond, CA 94804
Up to 55 gallons $3.46/gal.; pricing depends on volume--the more
the merrier; min order 35 gallons, home/business delivery for
$25 flat rate to Berkeley/SF/North Bay/East Bay.
- Yokayo Biofuels - www.ybiofuels.org
(877) 806-0900 Will deliver 200+ gal. biodiesel for a fee + about
$3.40/ gallon (see website or call). Public pump in Ukiah $3.50/gal.
Fuel is sourced from recycled content waste vegetable oil whenever
possible. info@ybiofuels.org
- Western States Oil (near the SJSU campus) on 10th St. San Jose,
public pump (408) 2929-1041 for information contact Brent Laucher
<brent@purpleluna.net>.
Also Biodiesel Industries produced fuel. No minimum purchase,
not cardlock, limited hours – closed on weekends.
- Golden Gate Petroleum in Martinez (800) 244-4516 Claude –
deliveries (55 gal. min.). Call for price
- Real Good Solar Living Institute in Hopland - (1.5 hrs North of
SF) public pump supplied by Yokayo. (707) 744-2017
- Biofuel Station- Laytonville - 707 984 6818 (north Mendocino County
on Hwy 101)
- Monterrey- Alliance Fuel. Casa Verde and N. Fremont St. Supplied
by Toro Petroleum out of Salinas. $3.25/gal
Biodiesel Resources:
Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) and Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) conversion
kits:
Other Local Coops
Updated 11/17/2004
Berkeley Biodiesel Cooperative (510) 594-4000 ext. 777 www.berkeleybiodiesel.org
