[mhb]

>Save your money on the fancy-shmancy hybrid, and buy a diesel car, and fill 'er up with biodiesel. It's carbon neutral, totally renewable, and requires no special modification to your car.

If only it wasn't destroying the rainforests: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18825265.400

[wammin]

Like anything, we have to be responsible about manufacturing processes and renewable raw materials. Biodiesel does not have to come from rainforest plants. Its unfortunate that some people decided to tarnish the reputation of an excellent alternative fuel by going the cheap and irresponsible route to raw materials.

Just like you wouldn't buy paper or wood products that came from rainforests, don't buy biodiesel that comes from rainforests. Much of the biodiesel that's available in the U.S. is made from domestically grown soybeans, or even better, used restaurant oil from deep-fryers.