A group of ten forward-thinking Madisonians have turned the former Car Care Clinic at 1894 E. Washington Ave into PrairieFire BioFuels Cooperative. If all goes well they will be selling 100% biodiesel from a real, honest-to-goodness pump on E. Washington Ave. by the end of the summer. At the moment all fuel sales are done at 100 S. Baldwin St. When winter comes there will be blends available that won’t congeal in the cold weather.

In addition to the fuel sales, you can pay PrairieFire to convert your diesel vehicle to use Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO), or they can teach you how to make your own biodiesel.

There were a couple of articles on this new co-op in Madison, but they don’t seem to be available online, so you’ll just have to check out their website: www.prairiefirebiofuels.org