[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   GRUNDY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BIO-DIESEL PROJECT A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

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                           HON. LINCOLN DAVIS

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2007

  Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, when it came to my attention 
that a group of students in a Future Farmers of America class and 
educators at Grundy County High School were developing bio-diesel to 
use in tractors and school buses, I could not have been more proud.
  The fuel, which is made from vegetable oil, methanol, and lye, will 
be used to make tractors and buses run cleaner, more efficiently, and 
in a cost effective manner. Additionally, everything in the process is 
100 percent biodegradable.
  The idea for the project began after a seminar at Middle Tennessee 
State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that called upon area 
schools to research alternative fuels.
  Not only did these inventive students and educators take it upon 
themselves to develop their own bio-diesel, the Family and Consumer 
Science class is looking at ways to make soap from the glycerin that 
settles to the bottom of the mixture as it develops. There are plans to 
market the soap as a fundraiser for the school if efforts to make it 
are successful.
  I applaud the actions of these students and the encouragement they 
are getting from their teachers. These students are receiving life 
lessons and skills they will be able to keep with them forever. They 
will not only be passing along these lessons to family and mends, these 
students are poised to go on to great things in the field of 
alternative/renewable energies.
  There is no quick solution to the rising cost of fuel due to current 
demands and the lack of infrastructure to support renewable and 
alternative fuels. The long term solution will be in our ability to 
commit and invest in the development of these fuels. These young adults 
have taken this to heart and are to be commended for promoting this 
practice.

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