Making Biodiesel

When I first heard about biodiesel about a decade ago, it was from a hippie type who was making it in his backyard from recycled vegetable oil. From his description, I almost pictured having to filter guacamole from the fuel going into my truck and I thought: “How nice, but it sure isn’t for me.”
I’ve […]

While Clarksdale is abuzz about a visit by music legend Willie Nelson over the weekend, the bigger story is why the country star was here.
Nelson, local attorney Bill Luckett and Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman are all associates in Earth BioFuels, Inc., the nation’s only publicly-traded biodiesel company.
So far, the company has a manufacturing plant […]