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from earlier post:

Oct 30: "City of Portland Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Dan Saltzman join more than 50 area sustainable industry leaders in a send-off of the PDX Lounge Sustainable City installation. "

October 26th, 2007 — Julian Chadwick |

PDX Lounge – Portable ‘Sustainable City' Trucks to Chicago

WHAT: City of Portland Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Dan Saltzman join more than 50 area sustainable industry leaders in a send-off of the PDX Lounge Sustainable City installation.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
4 p.m. — 6 p.m.

WHERE: Neil Kelly Warehouse, 2636 NW 26th Ave

WHO/WHY: City of Portland Mayor Tom Potter
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman
Various company leaders representing PDX Lounge Partners (Gerding Edlen Development, Columbia Forest Products, Neil Kelly, IF Green, NAU, KEEN, Full Sail Brewing and many others — see www.pdxlounge.com for a complete list)

VISUALS: Oregon's environmentally-friendly furniture and accessory products — designed and built by local artisans — will be packed up in a 53-foot semi trailer fueled with B20 biofuel and head out to Chicago for a week-long business development engagement.

SIGNIFICANCE: PDX Lounge is a public-private economic development framework designed to tout Oregon as a place that's not just eco-friendly, but actively encourages innovation and entrepreneurship around green industries. In November 2007, PDX Lounge travels to Chicago, coinciding with the USGBC Greenbuild conference. It will be housed at the Chicago Illuminating Company, a 20,000 square foot installation and multimedia experience showcasing critical building blocks for a sustainable economy.

More Information here on:

• Portland Sustainability
• Portland Biodiesel
• Mayor Tom Potter

Posted in Tom Potter, biodiesel, sustainability

This is what is great about sustainability, the internet, and the future of business as we will make it. It is not about the red ocean (the ocean is blue), it is not about fighting; it is about community and coming together to make things happen for us, and those that follow us. I'm thrilled to be in a city that is such a leader in this thought, and here is a great example of why we are leaders.

PDX Lounge – Portable 'Sustainable City' Trucks to Chicago

WHAT: City of Portland Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Dan Saltzman join more than 50 area sustainable industry leaders in a send-off of the PDX Lounge Sustainable City installation.

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This is what people typed into google or yahoo (msn, etc) and came to the PDX PIPELINE from 5PM yesterday to 5PM today (Midnight GMT is what WordPress uses).

So, let's take a look…

1. greg oden
   • Greg Oden…really honored….I need to put more info about you to direct those people to right place/info (but it looks like they are finding your blog from my earlier posts). I'm sure I'll be writing Blazers stuff when the season starts (email us if you want to)…Rip City baby!

   

2. Plan B Bar 1305 SE 8th Ave portland oregon
   • Nice – the searches for Plan B Bar are going up every day. Good for Jeff! I'm all about the Plan B (and the B-Triangle) success.

   

3. plan b bar portland
   • yep 2 and 3–Plan B is almost Hansel/Flexcar hot!
4. black tangerine music
   • black tangerine music must be playing a show this weekend or just getting more popular, but here is some info on their pioneer square noon tunes show with a link to their site.
5. piercing
   1. hmmm…weird, must be because of this Dante's show where there was live tattooing and piercing going on and THE SMOOCH GIRLS!

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From PortlandOnline:

"Jays Garage now offering E85 and B99 Biodiesel for gas and diesel vehicles."
Portland, OR — Jays Garage has upped the ante in cleaner, greener Biofuels. The first station in Portland to offer the most pure from of Biodiesel, B99, Jay's is now offering domestically made E-85 Ethanol.

Picture from Jay's Garage in 2006

• "All cars — gas and diesel — can now run a blend of Biofuels," says owner Jay Dykeman.
• Only Flex Fuel vehicles can run E-85; however any gas car can run E10 which is a 10% ethanol blend.
• "Jays was the first to offer B99 Biodiesel in the heart of Portland so taking this next step is a perfect fit," says SeQuential Biofuels Gavin Carpenter.
• SeQuential is a joint venture partner with Pacific Biodiesel in the only Biodiesel processing plant in Oregon.

READ MORE

• More articles on Portland Biodiesel
• More articles on Portland Sustainability

Contact CBS RADIO:

MEDIA CONTACTS

Karen L. Mateo
Vice President, Communications
( 212) 846 7638
karen.mateo@cbsradio.com

Dana McClintock
Senior Vice President,
CBS Communications Group
(212) 975 1077
dlmcclintock@cbs.com

This is KJOJ's Hybrid on display at Friday's 5th Ave Street Fair (aka The Next Big Thing). I encourage you to call or write/email them to thank them for driving this hybrid–radio stations need larger vehicles for their equipment, and they have chosen a community-friendly choice. (DIGG THIS)

This is in direct contrast to the KUFO vehicle:

As posted on June 20th, (HUMMERGATE Continues- Taking the *FU* out of KUFO 101?), Susan of CBS Radio stated that they were “looking into alternatives for a station vehicle”. I sent her a list of hybrid alternatives. That was two weeks ago. This has since occurred:

I was called by friends over at the Bagdad/McMenamins zone that this Hummer was in advertising-effect Friday (8/o3) at the location and was egged. I don't support destruction of property, but it is not surprising when a company

• a) chooses to drive such a community-unfriendly vehicle
• b) states that they are concerned and moving away from it, and still continue to advertise with it weeks later.

I contacted Susan about the vehicle (and to help with the search for a hybrid or biodiesel vehicle) on Thursday 8/02 for a follow-up (before this incident) and have received no response.

Again, I encourage you to email/call/write them to change to a more environmentally/community-friendly vehicle.

Contact CBS RADIO:

MEDIA CONTACTS

Karen L. Mateo
Vice President, Communications
( 212) 846 7638

Dana McClintock
Senior Vice President,
CBS Communications Group
(212) 975 1077

More on Portland Sustainability

I saw the Shared Route Van on SE 3oth Place & East Burnside yesterday. Their concept is very cool, and Biodiesel (unlike this monstrosity).

Some information from their site:

• A Biodiesel passenger shuttle bus service connecting Portland, Olympia & Seattle.
• 3xWeekly Trips from Portland, Olympia and Seattle.
• From Portland to Olympia ($20) and Seattle ($30, RT $50)
• Delivery & Charter Services Available

More information on Portland Biodiesel and Sustainability

As I mentioned yesterday (Biodiesel in da hood), more and more Portland people and businesses are using biodiesel–maybe these people will do it.

Hey, Willie even came to help us out!

So, from Biofuels4Business.com, comes the following information:

How is biodiesel a better choice for business?
Better for customers. Customers appreciate leaders in business that "do the right thing." By using biodiesel in vehicles, businesses can command the industry edge. Customers know that biodiesel use has environmental benefits, helps the local economy, and supports rural communities. They reward companies who consider these impacts.
Better for workers. Successful employers strive for safe, healthy workplaces. Biodiesel promotes better health for drivers and mechanics by improving their workplace air quality. Conventional diesel pollution is a serious health threat, while biodiesel significantly lowers tailpipe emissions of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and carcinogenic particulate matter.
Better for vehicles. Sufficient fuel lubricity is necessary to reduce equipment wear and premature breakdown. Biodiesel improves the lubricity of diesel fuel (especially ultra low sulfur diesel), enhances engine performance, prolongs engine life and decreases fleet operating costs.
Better for long-term stability. As a domestically produced fuel, biodiesel reduces our dependence on foreign oil. Given the uncertainty and cost volatility associated with imported oil, biodiesel provides a measure of energy independence and helps stabilize long-term fuel costs.

More Portland Sustainability Info

Today, there is a story from PortlandOnline about Oregon's movement towards the 5% biodiesel mandate. It's a short piece, and here is the gem:

“What is so great about Biodiesel?” To begin, the raw oil used to make it comes from canola, which can be grown right here by Oregon farmers, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and keeping Oregon dollars in Oregon. Second, it is a high quality fuel that enhances the lubricity (lubrication quality) of the fuel we use in diesel vehicles, which reduces wear and tear on our engines. Finally, burning biodiesel in our diesel vehicles instead of petroleum diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 70%!…READ MORE

Or, you could just buy a Hummer and give a big FU to Oregon farmers, the environment, our economy, our future….

So, I am writing about these subjects here at BioPipeline.info – Please take a look as Portland is on many of the forefronts of making this a better planet, and I am proud to say I live in a place like that – BioPipeline.info

The Portland Mercury | Blogtown, PDX | PDC Weighs in on Biodiesel:

“PDC Weighs in on Biodiesel
Posted by Scott Moore at 11:37 AM

The Portland Development Commission has just released its report on the availability of local crops that can be used for biodiesel production. This is important because, as I'm sure you well remember, the city just passed a plan to require that all diesel sold in Portland contain at least 5 percent biodiesel.”

You can also get the full report here: http://www.pdc.us/pdf/bus_serv/target_industry/biodiesel-feedstocks-report.pdf