Pacific Biodiesel setting the pace on Maui

KAHULUI -- Take a bow, Maui! You generate way more waste grease than other places. Per capita, four times as much - contributing to the success of the community-based model of alternative energy, sustainability and independence, the Maui News reported today. The model was created by Bob and Kelly King, founders of Pacific Biodiesel, which has been turning out biofuel at the Central Maui Landfill for 12 years. They have definite ideas about how to get Maui (and other places) off petroleum, and their approach is different from some of the bigger players'. To take just one of several differences, they are against the idea of using liquid biofuels in electricity generators. That is the approach being taken by Maui Electric Co. and BlueEarth Biodiesel, which are projecting a biodiesel refinery up to 240 times bigger than Pacific... [read full story]