Treehugger: BioTown USA: Going Off the Grid
From the New York Times via Treehugger…
“The New York Times brings us the story of Reynolds, Indiana, a corn, soybean and hog farming town smack dab in the middle of America’s breadbasket. The town, whose population has dwindled to just 533 residents, wants to secede from America’s energy grid and power itself entirely with renewable sources, like its corn and pigs. The State of Indiana first brought the idea to Reynolds last year, calling it BioTown, in an experiment Gov. Mitch Daniels acknowledged could be viewed as a bit of ‘a stunt.’ But in the ensuing months, as the price of gasoline soared, Reynolds adopted the notion as its own, and residents began speaking passionately of an end to their reliance on foreign oil and of the potential electricity they could envision in the more than 150,000 pigs raised nearby. Since last November, nearly 100 of the community’s residents have begun driving cars that can run on ethanol-based fuel, as has the employee who drives one of the town’s three vehicles. The other two town cars have been replaced with diesel vehicles, so they can run on biodiesel.”
Source: Treehugger: BioTown USA: Going Off the Grid
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