Author Archives: Rich Deming

Parade

I called to tell Mark that I was proud of him for entering the truck in the parade and that I would be there to watch.
Mark said, “Good, you’re driving.”
Our fuel truck made a debut of sorts, at the Charlotte Labor Day parade on Monday. It’s not ready yet for fueling … we have to [...]

Dave Mathews Recap

Well, we did it! The call came in on Friday, and by Tuesday morning at seven we were filling up buses and trucks for the Dave Mathews band. We are now officially a biodiesel fleet supplier.
First of all, I have to give some credit to our esteemed el presidente, George. I talked to the Reverb [...]

Work Day

The Egyptians have flown the coop. Yeah, that’s the code. We are finally ready to proceed with our pump installation at the north location. (…)

So I’m calling it: work days on Friday, August 3rd and Saturday August 4th. We’ll have it on a weekday and a weekend day so that hopefully anyone who wants to participate can. If you can’t, no problem. Just come by and check out our handiwork anytime.

Defining Ourselves

image credit: John
Warning: This is not an official mission statement.

I think it’s because it sounds a little bit too earnest, a little too manifesto-like. Several of the folks in the co-op got a slightly pained look in their eyes when I brought it up, like they didn’t want to hurt my feelings. My better-half suffers [...]

Behemoth

Forty years from now, give or take, it’s going to be really easy to hate some of the executives at big oil. Why not avoid the rush?