BioWillie

Awhile back, I wrote a posting about biodiesel fuel. At the time, I was hopeful that, in the distant future, biodiesel would be available for our diesel-burning TDI Jetta. Now, however, I know it's on the way:

"On the Road Again" means something new for Willie Nelson these days - a chance for truckers to fill their tanks with clean-burning biodiesel fuel.

Nelson and three business partners recently formed a company called Willie Nelson's Biodiesel that is marketing the fuel to truck stops. The product - called BioWillie - is made from vegetable oils, mainly soybeans, and can be burned without modification to diesel engines.

It may be difficult to picture the 71-year-old hair-braided Texas rebel as an energy company executive, but the singer's new gig is in many ways about social responsibility - and that is classic Nelson.

"There is really no need going around starting wars over oil. We have it here at home. We have the necessary product, the farmers can grow it," said Nelson, who organized Farm Aid two decades ago to draw attention to the plight of American agriculture.

Because, once Willie gets behind something, it happens. That's why Dennis Kucinich is now our President. And can you believe they're calling it "BioWillie"?